Evaluation by patients with heart failure of the effects of enalapril compared with hydralazine plus isosorbide dinitrate on quality of life: V-HeFT II

Circulation

Volumn 87, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 1993, Pages

  Rector, Thomas S ^a   Johnson, Gary ^b   Dunkman, W Bruce ^c   Daniels, Grace ^c   Farrell, Laura ^c   Henrick, Ann ^c   Smith, Barbara ^c   Cohn, Jay N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Box 488 UMHC ^*

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Heart failure; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ENALAPRIL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDRALAZINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASODILATATION; WELLBEING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENALAPRIL; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMAN; HYDRALAZINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0027278224     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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