Usefulness of carvedilol to abolish myocardial postsystolic shortening in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.

Ito, Takahide

Usefulness of carvedilol to abolish myocardial postsystolic shortening in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. [electronic resource] - The American journal of cardiology Dec 2009 - 1568-73 p. digital

Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article

1879-1913

10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.07.028 doi


Adrenergic beta-Antagonists--therapeutic use
Adult
Aged
Carbazoles--therapeutic use
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated--diagnostic imaging
Carvedilol
Diastole--drug effects
Echocardiography, Doppler
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Propanolamines--therapeutic use
Treatment Outcome
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left--prevention & control
Ventricular Function, Left--drug effects