Six-month effects of early treatment with lisinopril and transdermal glyceryl trinitrate singly and together withdrawn six weeks after acute myocardial infarction: The GISSI-3 trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 337-344

  Miocardico, Nell'Infarto ^b   Franzosi, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a GISSI Coordinating Centre   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LISINOPRIL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0343150940     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00498-x     Document Type: Article

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