Less heart is more

Circulation

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 2531-2532

  Zipes, Douglas P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Death, sudden; Defibrillation; Editorials; Myocardial infarction; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FISH OIL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATION; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOMEGALY; CLINICAL TRIALS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 0038350942     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000068687.46373.04     Document Type: Editorial

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