Quantitation of functional mitral regurgitation during bicycle exercise in patients with heart failure

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1685-1692

  Lebrun, Frédéric ^a   Lancellotti, Patrizio ^a   Piérard, Luc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BICYCLING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0035890064     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01605-9     Document Type: Article

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