Comparison of women versus men hospitalized with heart failure (from a 20-year registry in a Middle-Eastern country 1991-2010)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 395-400

  Al Suwaidi, Jassim ^a   Al Qahtani, Awad ^a   Asaad, Nidal ^a   Al Mulla, Abdul Wahid ^a   Singh, Rajivir ^a   Albinali, Hajar A ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDRALAZINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; NITRATE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855953831     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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