Myocardial contractile reserve under low doses of dobutamine and improvement of left ventricular ejection fraction with treatment by carvedilol.

Jourdain, P; Funck, F; Fulla, Y; Hagege, A; Bellorini, M; Guillard, N; Loiret, J; Thebault, B; Desnos, M

Jourdain, P; Funck, F; Fulla, Y; Hagege, A; Bellorini, M; Guillard, N; Loiret, J; Thebault, B; Desnos, M.

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Jourdain P; Service de Cardiologie Hôpital R. Dubos, 6 avenue d'île de France, 95300, Pontoise, France. patrickjourdain@hotmail.com

Eur J Heart Fail ; 4(3): 269-76, 2002 Jun.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12034151

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Adrenergic beta-Antagonists/therapeutic use; Carbazoles/therapeutic use; Heart Failure/drug therapy; Myocardial Contraction/physiology; Propanolamines/therapeutic use; Stroke Volume/drug effects; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/drug therapy; Biomarkers/blood; Carvedilol; Echocardiography; Echocardiography, Stress; Exercise Test; Female; Heart Failure/physiopathology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain/blood; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; Statistics as Topic; Stroke Volume/physiology; Treatment Outcome; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/physiopathology

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Propanolamines / Stroke Volume / Carbazoles / Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Heart Failure / Myocardial Contraction Type of study: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Eur J Heart Fail Year: 2002 Document type: Article

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