Evaluation of the effect of phosphodiesterase inhibitors on mortality in chronic heart failure patients : a meta-analysis

Patrice Nony,Jean Pierre Boissel,Michel Lievre,Alain Leizorovicz,Margaret Haugh,Samir Fareh,B. De Breyne

Evaluation of the effect of phosphodiesterase inhibitors on mortality in chronic heart failure patients : a meta-analysis

1994

Patrice Nony
Jean Pierre Boissel
Michel Lievre
Alain Leizorovicz
Margaret Haugh
Samir Fareh
B. De Breyne

We examined the influence of phosphodiesterase inhibitors (PDIs) on mortality in patients with overt chronic heart failure. A total of 13 randomised, placebocontrolled trials of PDIs involving 2808 patients were selected.

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Anesthesia
Medicine
Diabetes mellitus
Heart disease
Cardiology
Internal medicine
Heart failure
Enzyme inhibitor
Phosphodiesterase
Toxicity
Meta-analysis
Vasodilation

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