Heart failure secondary to selenium deficiency, reversible after supplementation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Saliba, W ^a   El Fakih, R ^a   Shaheen, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; SELENIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CACHEXIA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 77952242161     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.095     Document Type: Article

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