Abnormalities of skeletal muscle metabolism in patients with chronic heart failure: Evidence that they are present at rest

Heart

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-163

  Andrews, R ^a   Walsh, J T ^a   Evans, Alison ^a   Curtis, Sarah ^a   Cowley, A J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

congestive heart failure; skeletal muscle metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0031051060     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.77.2.159     Document Type: Article

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