Is a higher blood pressure better in heart failure?

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-5

  Thohan, Vinay ^a   Little, William C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRALAZINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART FAILURE, SYSTOLIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 58349109676     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.151779     Document Type: Editorial

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