American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 12 , Pages 1698-1705 , 15 December 2008

Relation of Systolic Blood Pressure to Survival in Both Ischemic and Nonischemic Systolic Heart Failure

  • Richard K. Cheng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Tamara B. Horwich, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Gregg C. Fonarow, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 310-206-9112; fax: 310-206-9111

Received 26 May 2008 ,Revised 30 July 2008 ,Accepted 30 July 2008.

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 This research was supported in part by the Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles, California. Dr. Horwich was supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, grant 1K23HL085097. Dr. Fonarow holds the Eliot Corday Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine and Science.

PII: S0002-9149(08)01395-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.07.058

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 12 , Pages 1698-1705 , 15 December 2008

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