Diagnostic value of patterns of symptoms and signs of heart failure: application of latent class analysis with concomitant variables in a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVE: The diagnosis of heart failure (HF) requires a compatible clinical syndrome and demonstration of cardiac dysfunction by imaging or functional tests. Since individual symptoms and signs are generally unreliable and have limited value for diagnosing HF, the authors aimed to identify pattern...

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Autores principales: Severo, Milton, Gaio, Ana Rita, Lourenço, Patrícia, Alvelos, Margarida, Gonçalves, Alexandra, Lunet, Nuno, Bettencourt, Paulo, Azevedo, Ana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2012
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Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3532992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23148342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001510

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3532992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23148342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001510

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