Edema index-guided disease management improves 6-month outcomes of patients with acute heart failure

International Heart Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-17

  Liu, Min Hui ^a   Wang, Chao Hung ^a   Huang, Yu Yen ^a,b   Tung, Tao Hsin ^c   Lee, Chii Ming ^d   Yang, Ning I ^a   Wang, Jong Shyan ^e   Kuo, Li Tang ^a   Cherng, Wen Jin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c CHENG HSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disease management; Edema index; Heart failure; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; EDEMA; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84863232642     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.53.11     Document Type: Article

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