Impact of initiating carvedilol before angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy on cardiac function in newly diagnosed heart failure

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1825-1830

  Sliwa, Karen ^a   Norton, Gavin R ^b   Kone, Ngalulawa ^a   Candy, Geoffrey ^a   Kachope, John ^a   Woodiwiss, Angela J ^b   Libhaber, Carlos ^a   Sareli, Pinhas ^a   Essop, Rafique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; PERINDOPRIL;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HEART DEATH; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBAZOLES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROPANOLAMINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 7044229575     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.05.087     Document Type: Article

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