Peripheral microvascular function in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: Effects of cardiac transplantation

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 351-364

  Wroblewski, Henrik ^a,b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; STANDING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; SKIN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030848676     PISSN: 09078916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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