Usefulness of the blood hematocrit level to predict development of heart failure in a community

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 241-245

  Coglianese, Erin E ^a,b   Qureshi, Muhammad M ^a,c   Vasan, Ramachandran S ^a,c   Wang, Thomas J ^a,d   Moore, Lynn L ^a,c  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855822143     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.08.037     Document Type: Article

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