Mitral flow velocity changes after 6 months of optimized therapy provide important hemodynamic and prognostic information in patients with chronic heart failure

American Heart Journal

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 809-819

  Traversi, Egidio ^a,c   Pozzoli, Massimo ^a   Cioffi, Giovanni ^a   Capomolla, Soccorso ^a   Forni, Giovanni ^a   Sanarico, Maurizio ^b   Tavazzi, Luigi ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b Noustat Srl   (Italy)

^c Montescano Medical Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEATH; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029998524     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90316-6     Document Type: Article

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