Acute changes of left atrial distensibility in congestive heart failure

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-32

  Dernellis, John M ^a,c   Vyssoulis, Gregory P ^b   Zacharoulis, Apostolos A ^b   Toutouzas, Pavlos K ^a  

^a AMALIA FLEMING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atrial distensibility; Esmolol; Heart failure; Pressure diameter relation

Indexed keywords

DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; ESMOLOL; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE;

EID: 0031884928     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960210106     Document Type: Article

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