Does pre-albumin predict in-hospital mortality in heart failure?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 758-760

  Lourenço, Patrícia ^a   Silva, Sérgio ^a   Friões, Fernando ^a   Alvelos, Margarida ^a   Amorim, Marta ^a   Torres Ramalho, Paulo ^a   Teles, Maria José ^a   Guimarães, João Tiago ^a   Bettencourt, Paulo ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Heart failure; In hospital mortality; Inflammation; Malnutrition; Pre albumin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD; HEART FAILURE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREALBUMIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893433936     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.09.169     Document Type: Article

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