MERIT-HF mortality and morbidity data

Basic Research in Cardiology, Supplement

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Hjalmarson, A ^a   Fagerberg, B ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Metoprolol; Morbidity; Mortality; Randomized study

Indexed keywords

METOPROLOL;

ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; METOPROLOL; MORBIDITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034533423     PISSN: 01759418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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