Comparison of body mass index and body surface area as outcome predictors in patients with systolic heart failure

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 375-381

  Zafrir, Barak ^a   Goren, Yaron ^b   Salman, Nabeeh ^c   Amir, Offer ^c  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c PORIYA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Body surface area; Confounding factors; Prognosis; Systolic heart failure

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE, SYSTOLIC; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE AREA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, SYSTOLIC; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84940482640     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: 1898018X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/CJ.a2014.0104     Document Type: Article

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