Heart failure

Ker, James A.

dc.contributor.author	Ker, James A.
dc.date.accessioned	2010-08-20T06:49:08Z
dc.date.available	2010-08-20T06:49:08Z
dc.date.issued	2010-05
dc.description.abstract	Heart failure is a clinical syndrome that can result from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the performance of the ventricle: either to eject blood (systolic dysfunction) [or reduced ejection function] or to fill with blood (preserved ejection fraction or diastolic heart failure).	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Ker, JA 2010, 'Heart failure', South African Family Practice, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 213-215. [www.safpj.co.za]	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1726-426X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/14700
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Medpharm Publications	en_US
dc.rights	Medpharm publications	en_US
dc.subject	Heart failure	en_US
dc.subject	Clinical syndrome	en_US
dc.subject	Structural cardiac disorder	en_US
dc.subject	Functional cardiac disorder	en_US
dc.subject	Cardiac failure	en_US
dc.subject	Systolic dysfunction	en_US
dc.subject	Reduced ejection function	en_US
dc.subject	Ventrical dysfunction	en_US
dc.subject	Preserved ejection fraction	en_US
dc.subject	Diastolic heart failure	en_US
dc.subject	Comorbidity	en_US
dc.subject	Outcome	en_US
dc.subject	NT-proBNP	en_US
dc.subject	Progression	en_US
dc.subject	Disease stages	en_US
dc.subject	Therapy	en_US
dc.subject	Mortality	en_US
dc.title	Heart failure	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US