Tei index as a method of evaluating left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in acute myocardial infarction

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-42

  Nearchou, Nearchos S ^a,b   Tsakiris, Alexandros K ^a   Tsitsirikos, Marios D ^a   Karatzis, Emmanouil N ^a   Lolaka, Maria D ^a   Flessa, Konstantina D ^a   Bogiatzis, Dimitrios Th ^a   Skoufas, Panagiotis D ^a  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Left ventricular diastolic function; Pseudonormalisation of the Tei index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELAXATION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 17844406610     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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