Echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular end-systolic elastance in the elderly

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 829-833

  De Santis, Domenico ^a   Abete, Pasquale ^a   Testa, Gianluca ^a   Cacciatore, Francesco ^b   Galizia, Gianluigi ^a   Leosco, Dario ^a   Viati, Luisa ^a   Del Villano, Vincenzo ^a   Della Morte, David ^a   Mazzella, Francesca ^a   Ferrara, Nicola ^b   Rengo, Franco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diastole; Echocardiography; Elastance; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 23744447541     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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