Plasma Norepinephrine as a Guide to Prognosis in Patients with Chronic Congestive Heart Failure

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 311, Issue 13, 1984, Pages 819-823

  Cohn, Jay N ^a   Levine, T Barry ^a   Olivari, Maria Teresa ^a   Garberg, Victoria ^a   Lura, Dennis ^a   Francis, Gary S ^a   Simon, Ada B ^a   Rector, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; RENIN;

ADULT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMA; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0021194420     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198409273111303     Document Type: Article

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