Heart failure in the elderly

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 383-388

  Yamasaki, Naohito ^a   Kitaoka, Hiroaki ^a   Matsumura, Yoshihisa ^a   Furuno, Takashi ^a   Nishinaga, Masanori ^a   Doi, Yoshinori ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diastolic dysfunction; Elderly; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CARVEDILOL; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; ENALAPRIL; HYDRALAZINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; LOSARTAN; METOPROLOL; NITRATE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE; VALSARTAN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIASTOLE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0037837094     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.383     Document Type: Review

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