The effect of carvedilol on morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 1349-1355

  Packer, Milton ^a   Bristow, Michael R ^b   Cohn, Jay N ^c   Colucci, Wilson S ^d   Fowler, Michael B ^e   Gilbert, Edward M ^f   Shusterman, Neil H ^g  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERTIGO;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; CARBAZOLES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPANOLAMINES; RISK;

EID: 0029937949     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199605233342101     Document Type: Article

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