Effect of race in the response to metoprolol in patients with congestive heart failure secondary to idiopathic dilated or ischemic cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1372-1374

  Freudenberger, Ronald ^a,b   Kalman, Jill ^a   Mannino, Michael ^a   Buchholz Varley, Cathleen ^a   Ocampo, Ofelia ^a   Kukin, Marrick ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; METOPROLOL;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIURESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; FLUID RETENTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; METOPROLOL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 0030728922     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00688-7     Document Type: Article

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