Myocardial contractile reserve under low doses of dobutamine and improvement of left ventricular ejection fraction with treatment by carvedilol

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 269-276

  Jourdain, P ^a   Funck, F ^a   Fulla, Y ^b   Hagege, A ^c   Bellorini, M ^a   Guillard, N ^a   Loiret, J ^a   Thebault, B ^a   Desnos, M ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER RENÉ DUBOS   (France)

^b Service de Médecine Nucléaire Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Beta blocker therapy; Heart failure; Myocardial contractile reserve

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CARVEDILOL; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBAZOLES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPANOLAMINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036623660     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00239-2     Document Type: Article

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