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

• Main Authors: Hakkı Kaya (Author), Meltem Refiker Ege (Author), Ali Zorlu (Author), Osman Beton (Author), Hasan Güngör (Author), Ahmet Temizhan (Author), Yeşim Güray (Author), Yüksel Çavuşoğlu (Author), Mehdi Zoghi (Author), Mehmet Birhan Yılmaz (Author), On Behalf Of TREAT-HF Investigators (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 clas...