Comorbidity drives mortality in newly diagnosed heart failure: A study among geriatric outpatients

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-52

  Oudejans, Irne ^a,b   Mosterd, Arend ^b,c   Zuithoff, Nicolaas P ^b   Hoes, Arno W ^b  

^a ELKERLIEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

comorbidity; Heart failure; mortality

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84855652768     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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