Does the physical examination still have a role in patients with suspected heart failure?

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1340-1348

  Damy, Thibaud ^a,b,c,d   Kallvikbacka Bennett, Anna ^a   Zhang, Jufen ^a   Goode, Kevin ^a   Buga, Laszlo ^a   Hobkirk, James ^a   Yassin, Ashraf ^a   Dubois Rand, Jean Luc ^b,c,d   Hittinger, Luc ^b,c,d   Cleland, John G F ^a   Clark, Andrew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSERM U955   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Congestion; Physical examination; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE WITH NORMAL EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 81855211024     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfr128     Document Type: Article

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