Low-frequency electrical stimulation of skeletal muscles in patients with chronic heart failure

Scripta Medica Facultatis Medicae Universitatis Brunensis Masarykianae

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 203-208

  Jancik J ^a   Siegelova J ^a   Homolka, P ^a   Svacinova H ^a   Placheta, P ^a   Varnayova L ^a   Kozantova L ^a   Dobsak P ^a   Dusek J ^a   Fisek B ^a   Spinarova L ^a   Toman, J ^a   Eicher, J C ^a  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Dynamometry; Low frequency electrical stimulation; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0036401533     PISSN: 12113395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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