Heart failure: Can it be defined?

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Tan, L B ^a   Al Timman, J K ^a   Marshall, P ^a   Cooke, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiac output; Cardiac power output; Cardiac reserve; Definition; cardiac function; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIAC OUTPUT; HEART; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS;

EID: 0030029620     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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