Diastolic dysfunction in heart failure

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 225-242

  Brutsaert, Dirk L ^a,b   Sys, Stanislas U ^a,b  

^a University of Antwerp ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIASTOLE; DRUG EFFECT; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYSTOLE;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DIASTOLE; HEART; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031225719     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-9164(97)90019-1     Document Type: Review

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