Assessment of subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in asymptomatic mitral regurgitation

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 175-184

  Lee, Raymond ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Left ventricular function; Mitral regurgitation; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DP-DT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; OBSERVATION; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34247467866     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2006.11.002     Document Type: Review

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