Recent advances in the drug treatment of heart failure

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 877, 1998, Pages 658-661

  McAlister, Finlay A ^a,c   Teo, Koon K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitors; Angiotensin II receptor antagonists; Anti arrhythmics; Beta blockers; Digoxin; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; IBOPAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PIPERANOMETOZINE; PLACEBO; SOTALOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0031737506     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.74.877.658     Document Type: Short Survey

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