The value of repeated echocardiographic evaluation in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy during treatment with metoprolol or captopril

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-300

  Jansson, Kjell ^a   Dahlström, Ulf ^a   Karlberg, Karl Erik ^b   Karlsson, Erling ^a   Nyquist, Olof ^b   Nylander, Eva ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Captopril; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Left ventricle; Metoprolol

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CAPTOPRIL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; METOPROLOL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034207988     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713783113     Document Type: Article

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