Mechanical alternans in patients with chronic heart failure

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 138-145

  Kodama, Makoto ^a   Kato, Kiminori ^a   Hirono, Satoru ^a   Okura, Yuji ^a   Hanawa, Haruo ^a   Ito, Masahiro ^a   Fuse, Koichi ^a   Shiono, Takaaki ^a   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^a   Watanabe, Kenichi ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Dilated cardiomyopathy; dP dt; Mechanical alternans; Sarcoplasmic reticulum

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0034979315     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jcaf.2001.24122     Document Type: Article

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