The prognostic importance of lung function in patients admitted with heart failure

Kasper Karmark Iversen, Jesper Kjaergaard, Dilek Akkan, Lars Kober, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Christian Hassager, Jorgen Vestbo, Erik Kjoller, ECHOS Lung Function Study Group

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Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to determine the prognostic importance for all-cause mortality of lung function variables obtained by spirometry in an unselected group of patients admitted with heart failure (HF).
Original languageEnglish
JournalEuropean Journal of Heart Failure
Volume12
Issue number7
Pages (from-to)685-91
Number of pages7
ISSN1388-9842
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2010

Keywords

  • Aged
  • Comorbidity
  • Female
  • Heart Failure
  • Humans
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Lung
  • Male
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Prognosis
  • Prospective Studies
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
  • Respiratory Function Tests
  • Risk Assessment
  • Spirometry

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