Amino acids and derivatives, a new treatment of chronic heart failure?

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-51

  Carubelli, Valentina ^a   Castrini, Anna Isotta ^a   Lazzarini, Valentina ^a   Gheorghiade, Mihai ^b   Metra, Marco ^a   Lombardi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Chronic heart failure; Essential amino acids; Heart failure; Nutrition; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACIDS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS;

EID: 84939882202     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-014-9436-9     Document Type: Article

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