The Alberta Heart Failure Etiology and Analysis Research Team (HEART) study

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ezekowitz, Justin A ^a,d   Becher, Harald ^a,d   Belenkie, Israel ^b,c   Clark, Alexander M ^a,d   Duff, Henry J ^b,c   Friedrich, Matthias G ^c,e   Haykowsky, Mark J ^a,d   Howlett, Jonathan G ^b,c   Kassiri, Zamaneh ^a,d   Kaul, Padma ^d   Kim, Daniel H ^a,d   Knudtson, Merril L ^b,c   Light, Peter E ^a,d,f   Lopaschuk, Gary D ^a,d   McAlister, Finlay A ^a,d   Noga, Michelle L ^a,d   Oudit, Gavin Y ^a,d   Paterson, D Ian ^a,d   Quan, Hude ^b,c   Schulz, Richard ^a,d   Thompson, Richard B ^a,d   Weeks, Sarah G ^b,c   Anderson, Todd J ^b,c   Dyck, Jason R B ^a,d   more..

^a MAZANKOWSKI ALBERTA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b LIBIN CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Heart failure diagnosis; Heart failure risk factors; Preserved ejection fraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBERTA HEART PROGRAM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART GRAFT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION; AMBULATORY CARE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALBERTA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84904525442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-14-91     Document Type: Article

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