Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 390-395, May 2010

Lower Extremity Performance Measures Predict Long-Term Prognosis in Older Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure

  • Daniela Chiarantini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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  • Stefano Volpato, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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  • Fotini Sioulis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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  • Francesca Bartalucci, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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  • Laura Del Bianco, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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  • Irene Mangani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Pepe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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  • Francesca Tarantini, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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  • Andrea Berni, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Internal Medicine, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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  • Niccolo Marchionni, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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  • Mauro Di Bari, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mauro Di Bari, MD, PhD, Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Gerontology and Geriatrics Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini, 650139 Florence-Italy. Tel: +39 055 4271468; Fax: +39 055 4271469.

Received 4 October 2009; received in revised form 12 January 2010; accepted 19 January 2010. published online 04 March 2010.

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 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S1071-9164(10)00018-7

doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.01.004

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 390-395, May 2010

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