Skin test anergy in advanced heart failure secondary to either ischemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 323-328

  Vredevoe, Donna L ^a   Woo, Mary A ^b   Doering, Lynn V ^b   Brecht, Mary Lynn ^b   Hamilton, Michele A ^b   Fonarow, Gregg C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLONAL ANERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; SURVIVAL RATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CLONAL ANERGY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SKIN; SKIN TESTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0031880836     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00334-8     Document Type: Article

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