Efficacy and safety of thermal vasodilation therapy by sauna in infants with severe congestive heart failure secondary to ventricular septal defect

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-113

  Sugahara, Yoko ^a   Ishii, Masahiro ^a   Muta, Hiromi ^a   Egami, Kimiyasu ^a   Akagi, Teiji ^a   Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFRARED RADIATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAUNA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL VASODILATION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0037861863     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00483-1     Document Type: Article

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