The pediatric randomized carvedilol trial in children with chronic heart failure: Rationale and design

American Heart Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 383-389

  Shaddy, Robert E ^a   Curtin, E Leigh ^b   Sower, Brett ^a   Tani, Lloyd Y ^a   Burr, Jeri ^a   LaSalle, Bernard ^a   Boucek, Mark M ^c   Mahony, Lynn ^d   Hsu, Daphne T ^e   Pahl, Elfriede ^f   Burch, Grant H ^g   Schlencker Herceg, Rozsa ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Myogen Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL; NEUROHORMONE; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACOKINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036736389     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2002.124402     Document Type: Article

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