A comparison of Chinese and non-Chinese Canadian patients hospitalized with heart failure

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yeung, Darwin F ^a,b   Van Dyke, Nicole K ^a   Maclagan, Laura C ^a   Moe, Gordon W ^c   Shah, Baiju R ^a,e   Chiu, Maria ^a   Lee, Douglas S ^a,d   Ko, Dennis T ^a,e   Lau, Ching ^e   Tu, Jack V ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Hypertension; Valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANADIAN; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO;

EID: 84889822511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-13-114     Document Type: Article

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