Right Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Is Common in Hypertensive Heart Failure: A Prospective Study in Sub-Saharan Africa

INTRODUCTION: Right ventricular (RV) systolic dysfunction is now recognized widely as a strong and independent predictor of adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). Reduction of RV systolic function more closely predicts impaired exercise tolerance and poor survival than does left ventr...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Ojji, Dike B., Lecour, Sandrine, Atherton, John J., Blauwet, Lori A., Alfa, Jacob, Sliwa, Karen
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4830610/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27073856
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153479
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