Usefulness of Pulmonary Artery Pressure by Echocardiography to Predict Outcome in Patients Receiving Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Heart Failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 238-241

  Shalaby, Alaa ^a,c   Voigt, Andrew ^a   El Saed, Aiman ^b   Saba, Samir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PENNSYLVANIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 37549026449     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.07.064     Document Type: Article

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