Ventricular arrhythmias in the acute and chronic phases after acute myocardial infarction: Effect of intervention with captopril

Circulation

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 101-107

  Søgaard, Peter ^a   Gøtzsche, Carl Otto ^a   Ravkilde, Jan ^a   Nørgaard, Aage ^a   Thygesen, Kristian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

arrhythmias; captopril; ischemia; remodeling

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CAPTOPRIL; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION;

EID: 0028228938     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.90.1.101     Document Type: Article

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