Beneficial effects of Waon therapy on patients with chronic heart failure: Results of a prospective multicenter study

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-85

  Miyata, Masaaki ^a   Kihara, Takashi ^a   Kubozono, Takuro ^a   Ikeda, Yoshiyuki ^a   Shinsato, Takuro ^a   Izumi, Toru ^b   Matsuzaki, Masunori ^c   Yamaguchi, Tetsu ^d   Kasanuki, Hiroshi ^e   Daida, Hiroyuki ^f   Nagayama, Masatoshi ^g   Nishigami, Kazuhiro ^h   Hirata, Kumiko ⁱ   Kihara, Koichi ^j   Tei, Chuwa ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Graduate School of Medicine   (Japan)

^d TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g SAKAKIBARA HEART INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^h SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ Higashisumiyoshi Morimoto Hospital   (Japan)

^j Fujimoto Hayasuzu Hospital   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Brain; Heart failure; Natriuretic peptides; Non pharmacological therapy; Treatment; Waon therapy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUNA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; WAON THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 52349098153     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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