Gender-related differences in patients with acute heart failure: Management and predictors of in-hospital mortality

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 185-189

  Parissis, John T ^a   Mantziari, Lilian ^b   Kaldoglou, Nikolaos ^a   Ikonomidis, Ignatios ^a   Nikolaou, Maria ^a   Mebazaa, Alexandre ^c   Altenberger, Johann ^d   Delgado, Juan ^e   Vilas Boas, Fabio ^f   Paraskevaidis, Ioannis ^a   Anastasiou Nana, Maria ^a   Follath, Ferenc ^g  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^d PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^f Hospital Espanhol   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Co morbidities; Gender; Mortality; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; ANTIVITAMIN K; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATININE; DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; LEVOSIMENDAN; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NORADRENALIN; SODIUM; TROPONIN; URIC ACID;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; CO-MORBIDITIES; GENDER; MORTALITY; SURVEYS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84883787448     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.09.096     Document Type: Article

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