Heart failure: Not only reduced left ventricular ejection fraction but also reserved ejection fraction!

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 229-

  Aydogan, Mehmet ^a   Balta, Sevket ^a   Demirkol, Sait ^a   Gumus, Seyfettin ^a   Arslan, Zekeriya ^a   Unlu, Murat ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

DYSPNEA; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

BRONCHI; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84877130535     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: 15273288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2013.01.001     Document Type: Letter

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