Prognostic implications of the blood pressure response to the Valsalva manoeuvre in elderly cardiac patients [6]

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1327-1328

  Remmen, Jaap J ^a   Aengevaeren, W R M ^a   Brouwer, M A ^a   Verheugt, F W A ^a   Jansen, R W M M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 33748079783     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.078386     Document Type: Letter

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