Diagnosis and treatment of diastolic heart failure

Hospital Practice

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 115-126

  Weinberger, Howard D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIASTOLE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033559782     PISSN: 87502836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/hp.1999.03.133     Document Type: Article

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