Application of the seattle heart failure model in patients >80 years of age enrolled in a tertiary care heart failure clinic

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1663-1666

  Benbarkat, Hanane ^a   Addetia, Karima ^a   Eisenberg, Mark J ^b   Sheppard, Richard ^b   Filion, Kristian B ^b   Michel, Caroline ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATTLE HEART FAILURE MODEL; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84869093738     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.07.034     Document Type: Article

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