Characteristics of acute heart failure hospitalizations in a general medical ward in Southwestern Uganda

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1233-1234

  Okello, Samson ^a   Rogers, Owori ^a   Byamugisha, Asaph ^a   Rwebembera, Joselyn ^a   Buda, Andrew J ^b  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; In hospital mortality; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UGANDA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UGANDA;

EID: 84908247912     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.212     Document Type: Article

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