Rest and stress echocardiographic predictors of prognosis in patients with left ventricular dysfunction and functional mitral regurgitation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-249

  Agricola, Eustachio ^a   Meris, Alessandra ^a   Oppizzi, Michele ^a   Bombardini, Tonino ^b   Pisani, Matteo ^a   Fragasso, Gabriele ^a   Margonato, Alberto ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Functional mitral regurgitation; Left ventricular remodelling; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 38649112251     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.234     Document Type: Article

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