Trajectory of illness for patients with congestive heart failure

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 478-484

  Kheirbek, Raya E ^a,b   Alemi, Farrokh ^a,c   Citron, Bruce A ^d,e   Afaq, Mazhar A ^d   Wu, Halcyon ^f   Fletcher, Ross D ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84877845422     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0510     Document Type: Article

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