Does left ventricular function improve with L-Carnitine after acute myocardial infarction?

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 38-41

  Iyer, R ^a   Gupta, A ^a   Khan, A ^a   Hiremath, S ^a   Lokhandwala, Y ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; L carnitine

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; CARNITINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0033106749     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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