The reliability of echocardiographic left ventricular wall motion index to identify high-risk patients for multicenter studies

Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Gislason, Gunnar H ^a   Gadsbøll, Niels ^a   Quinones, Miguel A ^b   Køber, Lars ^c   Seibæk, Marie ^d   Burchardt, Hans ^a   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Ejection fraction; Left ventricle systolic function; Left ventricle wall motion index; Multicenter studies; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIDEORECORDING;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DENMARK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PATIENT SELECTION; PHENETHYLAMINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFONAMIDES; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33645056419     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2005.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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