Skeletal muscle atrophy and peak oxygen consumption in heart failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1267-1269

  Toth, Michael J ^b   Gottlieb, Stephen S ^b   Fisher, Michael L ^b   Poehlman, Eric T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0030918926     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00098-2     Document Type: Article

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