Usefulness of right ventricular Doppler index for predicting outcome in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 157-164

  Ikeda, R ^a   Yuda, S ^a   Kobayashi, N ^a   Nakahara, N ^a   Nakata, T ^a   Tsuchihashi, K ^a   Shimamoto, K ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathies, dilated; Doppler ultrasound; Echocardiography, transthoracic; Heart failure; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INDEX; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0035074257     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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