Abnormalities of skeletal muscle in patients with chronic heart failure

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 187-195

  Lipkin, David P ^a   Jones, David A ^b   Round, Joan M ^b   Poole Wilson, Philip A ^a  

^a Cardiothoracic Institute ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise capacity; Heart failure; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; AGED; BIOPSY; CYTOCHROME-C OXIDASE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMAN; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SUCCINATE CYTOCHROME C OXIDOREDUCTASE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023832911     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(88)90164-7     Document Type: Article

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