Use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in elderly patients with heart failure

Age and Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 297-301

  O'Keeffe, Shaun ^a   Harvey, Gill ^a   Lye, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors; Audit; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Old age

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0031873493     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.3.297     Document Type: Article

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