Impact of blunted pulmonary venous flow on the outcome of patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction secondary to either ischemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1455-1460

  Dini, Frank Lloyd ^a   Dell'Anna, Rita ^a   Micheli, Andrea ^a   Michelassi, Claudio ^b   Rovai, Daniele ^b  

^a Villamarina Hospital   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEINS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034659639     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00794-3     Document Type: Article

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