Predicting Heart Failure Hospitalization and Mortality by Quantitative Echocardiography: Is Body Surface Area the Indexing Method of Choice? The Heart and Soul Study

BACKGROUND: Echocardiographic measurements of left ventricular (LV) mass, left atrial (LA) volume, and LV end-systolic volume (ESV) predict heart failure (HF) hospitalization and mortality. Indexing measurements by body size is thought to establish limits of normality among individuals varying in bo...

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Auteurs principaux: Ristow, Bryan, Ali, Sadia, Na, Beeya, Turakhia, Mintu P., Whooley, Mary A., Schiller, Nelson B.
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Langue:Inglês
Publié: 2010
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2886012/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20202792
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2010.01.019
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