Suppressing sympathetic activation with clonidine on ventricular arrhythmias in congestive heart failure

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 233-238

  Zhang, You Hua ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a   Song, You Cheng ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Congestive heart failure; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; POTASSIUM;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYMPATHOLYTICS; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 0032145160     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00127-2     Document Type: Article

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