Journal article
EuroHeart Failure Survey II (EHFS II): a survey on hospitalized acute heart failure patients: description of population
Abstract
AIMS: The objective of the EuroHeart Failure Survey II (EHFS II) was to assess patient characteristics, aetiology, treatment, and outcome of acute heart failure (AHF) in Europe in relation to the guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of AHF published by the European Society of Cardiology.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Patients hospitalized for AHF were recruited by 133 centres in 30 European countries. Three thousand five hundred and eighty patients …
Authors
Nieminen MS; Brutsaert D; Dickstein K; Drexler H; Follath F; Harjola V-P; Hochadel M; Komajda M; Lassus J; Lopez-Sendon JL
Journal
European Heart Journal, Vol. 27, No. 22, pp. 2725–2736
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
11 2006
DOI
10.1093/eurheartj/ehl193
ISSN
0195-668X