Thermal therapy improves left ventricular diastolic function in patients with congestive heart failure: A tissue doppler echocardiographic study

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 187-191

  Kisanuki, Akira ^a   Daitoku, Satoshi ^b   Kihara, Takashi ^b   Otsuji, Yutaka ^c   Tei, Chuwa ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease illeart failure; Diastole s echocardiography; Transthoracic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; FLOW RATE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; SAUNA; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; AGED; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34249850570     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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