Descriptive epidemiology and short-term outcomes of heart failure hospitalisation in rural Haiti

Heart

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 140-146

  Kwan, Gene F ^a,b,c   Jean Baptiste, Waking ^d   Cleophat, Philip ^d   Leandre, Fèrnet ^d   Louine, Martineau ^d   Luma, Maxo ^d   Benjamin, Emelia J ^a,e   Mukherjee, Joia S ^b,c   Bukhman, Gene ^b,c,f   Hirschhorn, Lisa R ^c,f,g  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Zanmi Lasante and Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais   (Haïti)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g ARIADNE LABS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; COMPLICATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAITI; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84959019053     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308451     Document Type: Article

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