Sex, quality of care, and outcomes of elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure: findings from the National Heart Failure Project.

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Published in Am Heart J on January 01, 2005

Authors

Saif S Rathore1, JoAnne Micale Foody, Yongfei Wang, Jeph Herrin, Frederick A Masoudi, Edward P Havranek, Diana L Ordin, Harlan M Krumholz

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA.

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