Assessment of left ventricular function in older medicare beneficiaries with newly diagnosed heart failure

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-91

  Curtis, Lesley H ^a   Greiner, Melissa A ^a   Shea, Alisa M ^a   Whellan, David J ^a,b   Hammill, Bradley G ^a   Schulman, Kevin A ^a   Douglas, Pamela S ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging heart failure left ventricular function outcome and process assessment health care; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 81855200832     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.958587     Document Type: Article

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