Carvedilol improves functional class in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction referred for heart transplantation

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 426-431

  Pamboukian, Salpy V ^a   Aminbakhsh, Amin ^a   Thompson, Christopher R ^a   Amin, Haitham ^a   Mortimer, Susan ^a   D'yachkova, Yulia ^a   Ignaszewski, Andrew P ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac transplantation; Carvedilol; Congestive heart failure

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ELECTROLYTE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBAZOLES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; PROPANOLAMINES; VENOUS PRESSURE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032821854     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0012.1999.130509.x     Document Type: Article

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