Prognostic significance of serial changes in left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with congestive heart failure

Circulation

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

  Cintron, Guillermo ^a   Johnson, Gary ^b   Francis, Gary ^b   Cobb, Frederick ^b   Cohn, Jay N ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ejection fraction; Heart failure; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ENALAPRIL; HYDRALAZINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; PRAZOSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VASODILATATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENALAPRIL; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMAN; HYDRALAZINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PRAZOSIN; PROGNOSIS; STROKE VOLUME; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0027308856     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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