Rheumatic heart disease and risk of incident heart failure among community-dwelling older adults: A prospective cohort study

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 253-261

  Mujib, Marjan ^a   Desai, Ravi V ^b   Ahmed, Mustafa I ^a   Guichard, Jason L ^a   Feller, Margaret A ^a   Ekundayo, O James ^c   Deedwania, Prakash ^d   Ali, Mahboob ^e   Aban, Inmaculada B ^a   Love, Thomas E ^f   White, Michel ^g   Aronow, Wilbert S ^h   Rahimtoola, Shahbudin H ⁱ   Bonow, Robert O ^j   Ahmed, Ali ^a,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases   (Bangladesh)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Heart failure; Older adults; Rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859312795     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2010.530685     Document Type: Review

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