Acute decompensated heart failure patients admitted to critical care units: Insights from ASCEND-HF

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 840-846

  Van Diepen, Sean ^a,b   Podder, Mohua ^b   Hernandez, Adrian F ^c   Westerhout, Cynthia M ^b   Armstong, Paul W ^a,b   McMurray, John J V ^d   Eapen, Zubin J ^c   Califf, Robert M ^c   Starling, Randall C ^e   O'Connor, Christopher M ^c   Ezekowitz, Justin A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary care unit; Critical care; Heart failure; Intensive care unit; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NORTH AMERICA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WESTERNL EUROPE; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEART FAILURE; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRENDS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CRITICAL CARE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION;

EID: 84920028473     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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