Carvedilol for children and adolescents with heart failure: a randomized controlled trial.

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Published in JAMA on September 12, 2007

Authors

Robert E Shaddy1, Mark M Boucek, Daphne T Hsu, Robert J Boucek, Charles E Canter, Lynn Mahony, Robert D Ross, Elfriede Pahl, Elizabeth D Blume, Debra A Dodd, David N Rosenthal, Jeri Burr, Bernie LaSalle, Richard Holubkov, Mary Ann Lukas, Lloyd Y Tani, Pediatric Carvedilol Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine and Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, USA. shaddyr@email.chop.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Safety and Efficacy Study of Carvedilol to Treat Children With Congestive Heart Failure | NCT00052026

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