A dilated inferior vena cava is a marker of poor survival

American Heart Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 730-735

  Nath, Jayant ^a   Vacek, James L ^a   Heidenreich, Paul A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VEIN DILATATION;

AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33344460252     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.04.023     Document Type: Article

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