End points in chronic heart failure clinical trials

Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-102

  Anand, Inder S ^a,b   Florea, Viorel G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Drug evaluation; End point; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AMLODIPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CANDESARTAN; CAPTOPRIL; CARVEDILOL; DARUSENTAN; DIGOXIN; ENALAPRIL; ETANERCEPT; FLOSEQUINAN; HYDRALAZINE PLUS ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; IBOPAMINE; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN; METOPROLOL; MOXONIDINE; NEUROHORMONE; OMAPATRILAT; PIPERANOMETOZINE; SPIRONOLACTONE; TOLVAPTAN; VALSARTAN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; SUDDEN DEATH; TREADMILL EXERCISE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 78649365932     PISSN: 12729949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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