Myocardial amiodarone concentrations after short- and long-term treatment in patients with end-stage heart failure

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 331-336

  Candinas, R ^a   Frielingsdorf, J ^a   Ha, H R ^a   Carrel, T ^a   Turina, M ^a   Follath, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Myocardial tissue concentration

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DEETHYLAMIODARONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 0031888134     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002280050388     Document Type: Article

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