Waon therapy improves the prognosis of patients with chronic heart failure

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 214-218

  Kihara, Takashi ^a   Miyata, Masaaki ^a   Fukudome, Tsuyoshi ^a   Ikeda, Yoshiyuki ^a   Shinsato, Takuro ^a   Kubozono, Takuro ^a   Fujita, Shoji ^a   Kuwahata, So ^a   Hamasaki, Shuichi ^a   Torii, Hiroyuki ^b   Lee, Soki ^c   Toda, Hitoshi ^c   Tei, Chuwa ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kagoshima City Hospital   (Japan)

^c Kagoshima City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Prognosis; Waon therapy

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; WAON THERAPY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; STEAM BATH;

EID: 62349090743     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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