Epidemiology and aetiology of heart failure

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 368-378

  Ziaeian, Boback ^a,b   Fonarow, Gregg C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS;

COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84959539153     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2016.25     Document Type: Review

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