Effect of Beta-Blocker Therapy on Rehospitalization Rates in Women Versus Men With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction - Farasat, S. Morteza; Bolger, Dennis T.; Shetty, Veena; Menachery, Elizabeth P.; Gerstenblith, Gary; Kasper, Edward K.; Najjar, Samer S. (The American journal of cardiology, 2010)
Keywords: Adrenergic beta-Antagonists - therapeutic use; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Beta blockers; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular system; Comparative analysis; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Heart; Heart failure; Heart Failure - complications; Heart Failure - physiopathology; Heart Failure - therapy; Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement; Hospitalization; Humans; Investigative techniques of hemodynamics; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Men; Middle Aged; Patient Discharge; Patient Readmission - statistics & numerical data; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Stroke Volume - physiology; Women; Human; Heart failure; Rate; Cardiovascular disease; Male; Treatment; Rehospitalization; Heart disease; Female; Circulatory system; Hemodynamics; Cardiology; Woman; Comparative study; Ejection fraction