Women have higher left ventricular ejection fractions than men independent of differences in left ventricular volume: The Dallas heart study

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1597-1604

  Chung, Anne K ^a   Das, Sandeep R ^a   Leonard, David ^a   Peshock, Ronald M ^a   Kazi, Farhana ^a   Abdullah, Shuaib M ^a   Canham, Russell M ^a   Levine, Benjamin D ^a   Drazner, Mark H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac volume; Epidemiology; Heart failure; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardial contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TEXAS;

EID: 33645728123     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.574400     Document Type: Article

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