Circulatory power - A new perspective on an old friend

European Heart Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1242-1245

  Nicholls, D P ^a   O'Dochartaigh, C ^b   Riley, M S ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCULATION; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE TEST; HEART CYCLE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART OUTPUT; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CARDIAC OUTPUT; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0036669190     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2002.3229     Document Type: Editorial

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