How does a clinical trial fit into the real world? The RELAX-AHF study population into the EAHFE registry

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 850-860

  Miró, Òscar ^a   Gil, Víctor ^a   Müller, Christian ^b   Mebazaa, Alexander ^c   Bueno, Héctor ^d   Martín Sánchez, Francisco Javier ^e   Herrero, Pablo ^f   Jacob, Javier ^g   Llorens, Pere ^h  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Emergency department; Heart failure; Registry

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; SERELAXIN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART FAILURE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

EID: 84942364026     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-015-0854-z     Document Type: Article

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