Baseline characteristics of patients in the Reduction of Events with Darbepoetin alfa in Heart Failure trial (RED-HF)

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 334-341

  McMurray, John J V ^a   Anand, Inder S ^b   Diaz, Rafael ^c   Maggioni, Aldo P ^d   O'Connor, Christopher ^e   Pfeffer, Marc A ^f   Solomon, Scott D ^f   Tendera, Michal ^g   Van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^h   Albizem, Moetaz ⁱ   Cheng, Sunfa ⁱ   Scarlata, Debra ⁱ   Swedberg, Karl ^j   Young, James B ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Instituto Cardiovascular de Rosario   (Argentina)

^d ANMCO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ AMGEN INC   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^k LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Anaemia; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEMOGLOBIN; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMATINICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874475947     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfs204     Document Type: Article

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