Efficacy and safety of thermal vasodilation therapy by sauna in infants with severe congestive heart failure secondary to ventricular septal defect

Am J Cardiol. 2003 Jul 1;92(1):109-13. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00483-1.

Authors

Yoko Sugahara¹, Masahiro Ishii, Hiromi Muta, Kimiyasu Egami, Teiji Akagi, Toyojiro Matsuishi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.

PMID: 12842264
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00483-1

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
Female
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Heart Failure / therapy*
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / complications
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / physiopathology
Hemodynamics
Hot Temperature / therapeutic use*
Humans
Infant
Male
Nitrites / urine
Prospective Studies
Steam Bath*

Substances

Nitrites