%0 Journal Article
%T Original research article: Impact of residence altitude on readmission in patients with heart failure
%A Emi Tominaga
%A Kayo Takahashi
%A Makoto Saito
%A Manami Yamaoka
%A Mayuri Ohzawa
%A Shinji Inaba
%A Takumi Sumimoto
%A Toru Morofuji
%J Archive of "Open Heart".
%D 2018
%R 10.1136/openhrt-2018-000865
%X Mountain districts normally have tougher geographic conditions than plain districts, which might worsen heart failure (HF) conditions in patients. Also, those places frequently are associated with social problems of ageing, underpopulation and fewer medical services, which might cause delay in detection of disease progression and require more admissions. We investigated the association of residence altitude with readmission in patients with HF
%K heart failure
%K altitude
%K readmission
%K sociogeographic condition
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6144892/