Health-related quality of life of patients with severe heart failure: A cross-sectional multicentre study

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 686-694

  Fotos, Nikolaos V ^a   Giakoumidakis, Konstantinos ^b   Kollia, Zoi ^c   Galanis, Petros ^a   Copanitsanou, Panagiota ^d   Pananoudaki, Evangelia ^e   Brokalaki, Hero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^e Agios Georgios General Hospital of Chania   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac failure; Functional capacity; Minnesota

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

CARDIAC FAILURE; FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY; MINNESOTA;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84880291836     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.01078.x     Document Type: Article

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