Prognostic significance of ultrasound myocardial tissue characterization in patients with cardiac amyloidosis

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 556-561

  Koyama, Jun ^a   Ray Sequin, Patricia A ^a   Falk, Rodney H ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Echocardiography; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DEATH; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND;

AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037199424     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000023530.86718.B0     Document Type: Article

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