Study of heart valve function on obese patients treated with sibutramine

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 57-59

  Luis Pereira, José ^a   Parejo, Juana ^a   Astorga, Ricardo ^a   Pablo García Luna, Pedro ^a   López Pardo, Francisco ^a   José Rodríguez Puras, María ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anorectic drugs; Heart valve lesions; Obesity; Sibutramine

Indexed keywords

SIBUTRAMINE; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; CYCLOBUTANES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036319672     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7753(02)72279-3     Document Type: Article

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