Comparison of left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and mild heart failure versus those with severe heart failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 390-394

  Richartz, Barbara M ^a   Werner, Gerald S ^a   Ferrari, Markus ^a   Figulla, Hans R ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLE; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EDEMA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0037102278     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02495-5     Document Type: Article

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