Prediction of 30-day heart failure-specific readmission risk by echocardiographic parameters

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 335-341

  Thavendiranathan, Paaladinesh ^a,c   Yingchoncharoen, Teerapat ^a   Grant, Andrew ^a   Seicean, Sinziana ^a   Landers, Steven H ^b,d   Gorodeski, Eiran Z ^a,b   Marwick, Thomas H ^a,e  

^a Heart and Vascular Institute ^*  (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d Visiting Nurse Association Health Group   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HAZARD RATIO; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; WEIGHT CHANGE; YALE CENTER FOR OUTCOME RESEARCH AND EVALUATION;

EID: 84891624900     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.09.025     Document Type: Article

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