Doppler echocardiography in dilated cardiomyopathy: Diastolic and combined systolic/diastolic parameters offer more detailed information on left ventricular global dysfunction than systolic parameters

Journal of Clinical and Basic Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 189-192

  Dahm, J B ^a   Kuon, E ^a   Vogelgesang, D ^b   Voelzke, H ^a   Hummel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Klinik Fraenkische Schweiz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Doppler echocardiography; Systolic function; Systolic diastolic performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0036330379     PISSN: 15612775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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