Relation of early improvement in coronary flow reserve to late recovery of left ventricular function after β-blocker therapy in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

American Heart Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1080.e1-1080.e6

  Sugioka, Kenichi ^a   Hozumi, Takeshi ^a   Takemoto, Yasuhiko ^a   Ehara, Shoichi ^a   Ogawa, Keitaro ^a   Iwata, Shinchi ^a   Oe, Hiroki ^a   Matsumura, Yoshiki ^a   Otsuka, Ryo ^a   Yoshiyama, Minoru ^a   Yoshikawa, Junichi ^b  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 34249338672     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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