Background: Heart failure(HF) produces significant morbidity and mortality. Although HF disease management(HFDM)programs have been shown to decrease this morbidity, there is still a paucity of data on their effect on ...
Objective: To investigate the hypothesis that risk factors may be differently related to severity of acute coronary syndromes(ACS), with ST elevation used as a marker of severe ACS. Design: Cross sectional study of pa...
Background: The ADHERE is designed to study characteristics, management, and outcomes in a broad sample of patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure. Heart failure is a leading cause of hospitalizat...
In studies with predominately male patients, B-type natriuretic peptide(BNP) levels have been shown to be helpful in the evaluation and management of patients who present with acute dyspnea. The effect of BNP levels o...