International society for heart and lung transplantation: Practice guidelines for management of heart failure in children

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1313-1333

  Rosenthal, David ^a,b   Chrisant, Maryanne R K ^a   Edens, Erik ^a   Mahony, Lynn ^a   Canter, Charles ^a   Colan, Steven ^a   Dubin, Anne ^a   Lamour, Jacque ^a   Ross, Robert ^a   Shaddy, Robert ^a   Addonizio, Linda ^a   Beerman, Lee ^a   Berger, Stuart ^a   Bernstein, Daniel ^a   Blume, Elizabeth ^a   Boucek, Mark ^a   Checchia, Paul ^a   Dipchand, Anne ^a   Drummond Webb, Jonathan ^a   Fricker, Jay ^a   Friedman, Richard ^a   Hallowell, Sara ^a   Jaquiss, Robert ^a   Mital, Seema ^a   Pahl, Elfriede ^a   Pearce, Bennett ^a   Rhodes, Larry ^a   Rotondo, Kathy ^a   Rusconi, Paolo ^a   Scheel, Janet ^a   Pal Singh, Tajinder ^a   Towbin, Jeffrey ^a   more..

^a Intl Soc Heart Lung Transplant   (United States)

^b T ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; EPLERENONE; IBUTILIDE; LIDOCAINE; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL; NIFEDIPINE; NITRATE; PROCAINAMIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COUGHING; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 19944419454     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.03.018     Document Type: Article

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