Do calcium sensitizers affect right ventricular functions in patients with chronic heart failure?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 246-248

  Kasikcioglu, Hulya A ^a   Uyarel, Huseyin ^a   Tartan, Zeynep ^a   Kasikcioglu, Erdem ^b   Ozturk, Recep ^a   Cam, Nese ^a  

^a S Ersek Center of Cardiovascular Surgery   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Calcium sensitizer; Heart failure; Levosimendan; Right ventricle; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

LEVOSIMENDAN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; HYDRAZONES; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIDAZINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 34247105390     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.06.054     Document Type: Article

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