Arrival by ambulance in acute heart failure: Insights into the mode of presentation from Acute Studies of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure (ASCEND-HF)

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Ezekowitz, Justin A ^a   Podder, Mohua ^a   Hernandez, Adrian F ^b   Armstrong, Paul W ^a   Starling, Randall C ^c   O'Connor, Christopher M ^b   Califf, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; INOTROPIC AGENT; NESIRITIDE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AMBULANCES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84962291714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010201     Document Type: Article

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