Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Hypoparathyroidism: Complete Recovery after Hypocalcemia Correction

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 150-154

  Avramides, Dimitrios A ^a,b   Ionitsa, Stefan S ^a   Panou, Fotis K ^a   Ramos, Athanasios N ^a   Koutmos, Spyridon Th ^a   Zacharoulis, Apostolos A ^a  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Calcium; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0842312274     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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