β blocker treatment is associated with improvement in renal function and anaemia in patients with heart failure

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1856-1857

  Khan, W ^a   Deepak, S M ^a   Coppinger, T ^a   Waywell, C ^a   Borg, A ^a   Harper, L ^a   Williams, S G ^a   Brooks, N H ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; CREATININE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845232259     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.083998     Document Type: Article

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