The effects of enalapril-digoxin-diuretic combination therapy on nutritional and anthropometric indices in chronic congestive heart failure: Preliminary findings in cardiac cachexia

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 359-363

  Adigun, A Q ^a,b   Leslie Ajayi, A A ^a,c  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Cachexia; Congestive heart failure; Enalapril; Hypertension; Plasma albumin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; SODIUM;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CACHEXIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CACHEXIA; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIGOXIN; DIURETICS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENALAPRIL; FEMALE; FUROSEMIDE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; SERUM ALBUMIN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SODIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034828161     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(00)00146-X     Document Type: Article

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