Effect of ramipril on mitral regurgitation secondary to mitral valve prolapse

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 655-658

  Høst, Ulla ^a   Kelbæk, Henning ^a,b   Hildebrandt, Per ^a   Skagen, Knud ^a   Aldershvile, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RAMIPRIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; RAMIPRIL; RUPTURE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030928139     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00445-1     Document Type: Article

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