Effect of Minor Liver Function Test Abnormalities and Values Within the Normal Range on Survival in Heart Failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 938-941

  Ambrosy, Andrew P ^a   Dunn, Timothy P ^b   Heidenreich, Paul A ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 85027955332     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.01.023     Document Type: Article

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