Outcomes in younger and older adults with chronic advanced systolic heart failure: A propensity-matched study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 128-133

  Ahmed, Mustafa I ^a   Mujib, Marjan ^a   Desai, Ravi V ^a   Feller, Margaret A ^a   Daniel, Casey ^a   Aban, Inmaculada B ^a   Love, Thomas E ^b   Deedwania, Prakash ^c   Pitt, Bertram ^d   Aronow, Wilbert S ^e   Ahmed, Ali ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Heart failure; Hospitalization; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, SYSTOLIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84855822656     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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