Design and preliminary results of the Heart Function Assessment Registry Trial in Saudi Arabia (HEARTS) in patients with acute and chronic heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1178-1184

  Alhabib, Khalid F ^a   Elasfar, Abdelfatah A ^b   Albackr, Hanan ^a   Alfaleh, Hussam ^a   Hersi, Ahmad ^a   Alshaer, Fayez ^a   Kashour, Tarek ^b,c   Alnemer, Khalid ^d   Hussein, Gamal A ^e   Mimish, Layth ^f  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d SECURITY FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^e King Salman Armed Force Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^f KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Chronic heart failure; HEARTS; Middle East; Registry; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; BISOPROLOL; CANDESARTAN; CARVEDILOL; DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT; IRBESARTAN; LISINOPRIL; PERINDOPRIL;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; SAUDI ARABIA; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 80155198150     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfr111     Document Type: Article

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