ACE inhibitors and heart failure in hospital: Any difference between cardiologists and general physicians?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 882, 1999, Pages 219-222

  Davie, Andrew P ^a   McMurray, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitors; Audit; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; FOSINOPRIL; LISINOPRIL; PERINDOPRIL; QUINAPRIL; TRANDOLAPRIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG USE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032971269     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.882.219     Document Type: Article

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