Failure of "effective" treatment for heart failure to improve normal customary activity.
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Failure of "effective" treatment for heart failure to improve normal customary activity.
OBJECTIVES To examine the effects of drug treatment on laboratory exercise tests in relation to measures of daily activity in patients with chronic heart failure. SETTING University teaching hospital. SUBJECTS 18 patients with mild to moderate chronic heart failure (New York Heart Association functional class II-III) and 10 age matched healthy controls. METHODS Assessments were made befor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1995
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.74.4.373