Coronary artery disease, coronary revascularization, and outcomes in chronic advanced systolic heart failure

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-75

  Gheorghiade, Mihai ^a   Flaherty, James D ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^b   Desai, Ravi V ^c   Lee, Richard ^a   McGiffin, David ^c   Love, Thomas E ^d   Aban, Inmaculada ^c   Eichhorn, Eric J ^e   Bonow, Robert O ^a   Ahmed, Ali ^c,f  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute   (United States)

^f BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Coronary artery bypass graft; Coronary artery disease; Hospitalization; Mortality; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, SYSTOLIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961168560     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.04.092     Document Type: Article

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