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| Freitas,H.F.G.; Barbosa,E.A.; Rosa,F.H.F.P.; Lima,A.C.P.; Mansur,A.J.. |
| It has been demonstrated that there is an association between serum lipoproteins and survival rate in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy, as well as in patients with non-ischemic causes of heart failure. We tested the hypothesis of an association between serum lipoprotein levels and prognosis in a cohort of outpatients with heart failure, including Chagas' heart disease. The lipid profile of 833 outpatients with heart failure in functional classes III and IV of the New York Heart Association, with a mean age of 46.9 ± 10.6 years, 655 (78.6%) men and 178 (21.4%) women, was studied from April 1991 to June 2003. The survival rate was estimated by the Kaplan-Meyer's method and the Cox proportional hazards models. Etiology of heart failure was ischemic... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Heart failure; Prognosis; HDL cholesterol; Chagas' heart disease; Triglycerides. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009000500004 |
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