Relationship between functional capacity and socioeconomic status in a cohort of Turkish heart failure patients


KAYA H., Ege M. R., ZORLU A., BETON O., GÜNGÖR H., Temizhan A., ...Daha Fazla

TURK KARDIYOLOJI DERNEGI ARSIVI-ARCHIVES OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY, cilt.44, sa.6, ss.481-487, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

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Objective: New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification predicts prognosis for heart failure (HF) patients. Socioeconomic status (SES) has the potential to affect treatment strategy and disease course. The present objective was to investigate whether SES of Turkish HF patients affected NYHA classification.