Journal article
A multivariate model for predicting mortality in patients with heart failure and systolic dysfunction
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Heart failure is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, but there are no reliable models based on readily available clinical variables to predict outcomes in patients taking angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors.
METHODS: A multivariate statistical model to predict mortality was developed in a random sample (n = 4277 patients [67%]) of the 6422 patients enrolled in the Digitalis Investigation Group trial who had a …
Authors
Brophy JM; Dagenais GR; McSherry F; Williford W; Yusuf S
Journal
The American Journal of Medicine, Vol. 116, No. 5, pp. 300–304
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2004
DOI
10.1016/j.amjmed.2003.09.035
ISSN
0002-9343