Low-dose amiodarone in severe chronic heart failure

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 361-364

  Biswas, A ^a   Dey, S K ^a   Banerjee, A K ^a   Roy, S ^a   Biswas, P K ^a   Chowdhury, G K Roy ^a   Khan, A K ^a   Mitra, K K ^a   Chatterjee, S S ^a   Maity, A K ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; LIVER ENZYME; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 10144229105     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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