Gender-related differences in hospitalized heart failure patients

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 734-741

  Stein, Gideon Y ^a   Ben Gal, Tuvia ^a   Kremer, Angelika ^a   Bental, Tamir ^a   Alon, Danny ^a   Korenfeld, Roman ^a   Yedidia, Idit ^a   Porter, Avital ^a   Abramson, Evgeny ^a   Sagie, Alexander ^b   Fuchs, Shmuel ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HASHARON HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gender; Heart failure; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 84879492941     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hft024     Document Type: Article

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