Beyond dyspnoea as an endpoint in acute heart failure trials

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1442-1445

  Gheorghiade, Mihai ^a   Ruschitzka, Frank ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CREATININE; ENDOTHELIN; ETANERCEPT; LEVOSIMENDAN; MILRINONE; MOXONIDINE; NESIRITIDE; NORADRENALIN; PLACEBO; PROSTACYCLIN; ROLOFYLLINE; TEZOSENTAN; TOLVAPTAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; XANTHINES;

EID: 79959413300     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr044     Document Type: Review

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