Diagnosis of heart failure in elderly patients: A clinical challenge - Reply

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1152-1153

  Oudejans, Ièrne ^a,b   Mosterd, Arend ^a,c   Hoes, Arno W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ELKERLIEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATRIURETIC FACTOR; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; OUTPATIENT; PROGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE;

FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 80053225006     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfr101     Document Type: Letter

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