Understanding the Epidemic of Heart Failure: Past, Present, and Future

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 404-415

  Dunlay, Shannon M ^a   Roger, Véronique L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Heart failure; Incidence; Mortality; Prevalence; Readmission

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIC; GROWTH; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; TREND STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FORECASTING; HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FORECASTING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PATIENT READMISSION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84920813528     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-014-0220-x     Document Type: Review

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