Intravenous L-arginine reduces VE/VCO2 slope acutely in patients with severe chronic heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-190

  Banning, Adrian P ^a   Prendergast, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exeruse ventilation; Heart failure; L arginine; Nitric oxide; VE VCO2 slope

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE EXCRETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ARGININE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATH TESTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIFEDIPINE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033512994     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(99)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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