Relationship Between Obesity and Survival in Patients Hospitalized for Hypertensive Emergency

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 263-265

  Agarwal, Manyoo A ^a   Shah, Mahek ^b   Garg, Lohit ^b   Lavie, Carl J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHN OCHSNER HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE EMERGENCY; LETTER; OBESITY; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE;

HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 85044632837     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: 19425546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2017.07.015     Document Type: Letter

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