Temporal trends in treatment and outcomes for advanced heart failure with reduced ejection fraction from 1993-2010 findings from a university referral center

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 411-419

  Loh, John C ^a   Creaser, Julie ^a   Rourke, Darlene A ^a   Livingston, Nancy ^a   Harrison, Tamara K ^a   Vandenbogaart, Elizabeth ^a   Moriguchi, Jaime ^c   Hamilton, Michele A ^c   Tseng, Chi Hong ^b   Fonarow, Gregg C ^a   Horwich, Tamara B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Mortality; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HYDRALAZINE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE;

ADULT; ADVANCED HEART FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

HEART FAILURE; MORTALITY; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 84879195983     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.112.000178     Document Type: Article

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