Sex Profile and Risk Assessment With Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Heart Failure: Propensity Score Matching for Sex Selection Bias

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 754-759

  Corrà, Ugo ^a   Agostoni, Piergiuseppe ^b,c,d   Giordano, Andrea ^a   Cattadori, Gaia ^b   Battaia, Elisa ^b,e   La Gioia, Rocco ^a   Scardovi, Angela B ^f   Emdin, Michele ^g   Metra, Marco ^h   Sinagra, Gianfranco ⁱ   Limongelli, Giuseppe ^j   Raimondo, Rosa ^a   Re, Federica ^k   Guazzi, Marco ^c   Belardinelli, Romualdo ^l   Parati, Gianfranco ^m   Magrì, Damiano ⁿ   Fiorentini, Cesare ^b,c   Cicoira, Mariantonietta ^e   Salvioni, Elisabetta ^b   Giovannardi, Marta ^b   Veglia, Fabrizio ^b   Mezzani, Alessandro ^a   Scrutinio, Domenico ^m   Di Lenarda, Andrea ^o   Ricci, Roberto ⁿ   Apostolo, Anna ^b   Iorio, Anna Maria ^j   Paolillo, Stefania ^p   Palermo, Pietro ^b   Contini, Mauro ^b   Vassanelli, Corrado ^e   Passino, Claudio ^o,q   Giannuzzi, Pantaleo ^a   Piepoli, Massimo F ^r   more..

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^f SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g CNR   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^j SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^k SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

ⁿ SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^o Azienda Sanitaria Triestina   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^q SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^r GUGLIELMO DA SALICETO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELECTION BIAS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX SELECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; AGED; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; ITALY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84958581064     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2015.09.010     Document Type: Article

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