Beta blockers in systolic heart failure: Do physicians need more courage?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan ^a,b   Refiker, Meltem ^a,b  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 35448941969     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.07.044     Document Type: Letter

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