Somatic symptoms in patients with coronary heart disease: Prevalence, risk factors, and quality of life

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1469-1471

  Kohlmann, Sebastian ^a,b   Gierk, Benjamin ^a,b   Hümmelgen, Melanie ^a   Blankenberg, Stefan ^a   Löwe, Bernd ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Schon Klinik Hamburg Eilbek   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEREDITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LANGUAGE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING;

EID: 84882247699     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6835     Document Type: Letter

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