Albumin levels predict survival in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-44

  Liu, Ming ^a   Chan, Chin Pang ^a   Yan, Bryan P ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a,b   Lam, Yat Yin ^a   Li, Rui Jie ^a   Sanderson, John E ^a   Coats, Andrew J S ^a,c   Sun, Jing Ping ^a   Yip, Gabriel Wai Kwok ^a   Yu, Cheuk Man ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Hypoalbuminaemia; Preserved ejection fraction; Survival

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84555170669     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfr154     Document Type: Article

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