Effects of long-term transdermal nitrate treatment on left ventricular function in patients following myocardial infarction

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 120-126

  Kiraly, Csaba ^a   Kiss, Attila ^a   Timar, Sandor ^a   Kristof, Eva ^b   Hegedus, Ida ^b   Edes, Istvan ^b  

^a 1st Department of Internal Medicine   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Diastole; Myocardial infarction; Nitrate; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PULMONARY VEIN; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION;

EID: 0037343259     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960260305     Document Type: Article

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