Prevention of left ventricular remodeling by long-term corticosteroid therapy in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-146

  Chiu, Chiung Zuan ^b   Nakatani, Satoshi ^a   Zhang, Guican ^c   Tachibana, Teruo ^d   Ohmori, Fumio ^e   Yamagishi, Masakazu ^a   Kitakaze, Masafumi ^a   Tomoike, Hitonobu ^a   Miyatake, Kunio ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Union Hospital   (China)

^d Osaka   (Japan)

^e SHARP CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART SARCOIDOSIS; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 11144230816     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.08.083     Document Type: Article

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