Effect of benazepril on complex ventricular arrhythmias in older patients with congestive heart failure, prior myocardial infarction, and normal left ventricular ejection fraction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1368-1370

  Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Mercando, Anthony D ^b   Epstein, Stanley ^b  

^a HEBREW HOSPITAL HOME   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENAZEPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; BENZAZEPINES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032102984     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00174-X     Document Type: Article

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