Comparison of one-year outcome in women versus men with chronic congestive heart failure

Comparison of one-year outcome in women versus men with chronic congestive heart failure

Using information from the Italian Network on Congestive Heart Failure, we examined whether clinical epidemiologic characteristics, drug prescription patterns, and outcome of patients with congestive heart failure differed according to sex and whether gender was an independent risk factor for mortal...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of cardiology 2000-08, Vol.86 (3), p.353-357
Hauptverfasser: Opasich, Cristina, Tavazzi, Luigi, Lucci, Donata, Gorini, Marco, Albanese, Maria Cecilia, Cacciatore, Giuseppe, Maggioni, Aldo P.
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Sprache:eng
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Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiovascular Agents - therapeutic use
Cause of Death
Chronic Disease
Clinical outcomes
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Gender
Heart
Heart failure
Heart Failure - drug therapy
Heart Failure - etiology
Heart Failure - mortality
Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement
Hospitalization
Humans
Italy - epidemiology
Male
Medical sciences
Mortality
Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data
Sex Factors
Survival Rate
Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:Using information from the Italian Network on Congestive Heart Failure, we examined whether clinical epidemiologic characteristics, drug prescription patterns, and outcome of patients with congestive heart failure differed according to sex and whether gender was an independent risk factor for mortality and hospital admissions.
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00934-6