Left ventricular dysfunction and mortality in adult patients with eisenmenger syndrome

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 156-164

  Salehian, Omid ^a   Schwerzmann, Markus ^b   Rambihar, Sherryn ^b   Silver, Deborah ^b   Siu, Sam ^c   Webb, Gary ^b,c   Liu, Peter ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eisenmenger syndrome; Left ventricular function; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34250183031     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2007.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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