Influence of L-arginine and vitamin C on the autonomic nervous system in chronic heart failure secondary to ischemic cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 650-654

  Piccirillo, Gianfranco ^a   Raffaele, Quaglione ^b   Fimognari, Filippo ^b   Moisè, Antonio ^b   Mario, Malavasi ^b   Lionetti, Marco ^b   Naso, Camilla ^b   Di Carlo, Silvia ^b   Nocco, Marialuce ^b   Magrì, Damiano ^b  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFUSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RESPIRATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 10744229050     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.11.043     Document Type: Article

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