Frequency, prognosis and predictors of improvement of systolic left ventricular function in patients with 'classical' clinical diagnosis of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 323-330

  Cicoira, Mariantonietta ^a   Zanolla, Luisa ^a,b   Latina, Loredana ^a   Rossi, Andrea ^a   Golia, Giorgio ^a   Brighetti, Giovanna ^a   Zardini, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Idiopathic cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular function; Spontaneous improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034821266     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(00)00150-1     Document Type: Article

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