Women With Heart Failure: Unheard, Untreated, and Unstudied ∗

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 41-43

  Walsh, Mary Norine ^a   Jessup, Mariell ^b   Lindenfeld, JoAnn ^c  

^a St Vincent Heart Center   (India)

^b AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; sex specific outcomes; women

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALISKIREN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SACUBITRIL PLUS VALSARTAN;

ANXIETY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE BURDEN; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRESS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MALE;

FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 85059079261     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.10.041     Document Type: Editorial

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