Effect of Beta-Blocker Therapy on Survival in Patients With Severe Mitral Regurgitation and Normal Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 611-615

  Varadarajan, Padmini ^a   Joshi, Nirav ^a   Appel, David ^a   Duvvuri, Lavanya ^a   Pai, Ramdas G ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 51749087896     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.04.029     Document Type: Article

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