Is there a role for thiamine in the management of congestive heart failure? [20]

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 114-115

  Saif, Muhammad Wasif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CREATININE; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; THIAMINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAROXYSMAL DYSPNEA; SYMPTOM; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

DIURETICS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0037277783     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000049859.82132.20     Document Type: Letter

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