title: Estimating severity of chronic heart failure: a clinical challenge for the 1990s.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakko
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gheorghiade
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D005080:Exercise Test; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010808:Physical Examination; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013318:Stroke Volume