Incidence, clinical predictors, and prognostic impact of worsening renal function in elderly patients with chronic heart failure on intensive medical therapy

American Heart Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Maeder, Micha T ^a,b   Rickli, Hans ^a   Pfisterer, Matthias E ^b   Muzzarelli, Stefano ^b   Ammann, Peter ^a   Fehr, Thomas ^c   Hack, Dietrich ^a   Weilenmann, Daniel ^a   Dieterle, Thomas ^b   Kiencke, Stephanie ^d   Estlinbaum, Werner ^e   Brunner La Rocca, Hans Peter ^b,f  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d University Hospital Bruderholz   (Switzerland)

^e Kantonsspital St Gallen   (Switzerland)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858307168     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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