The use of E/Em and the time interval difference of isovolumic relaxation (TIVRT - IVRTm) in estimating left ventricular filling pressures

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 490-497

  Lindqvist, Per ^a   Wikström, Gerhard ^b   Waldenström, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Left ventricular filling pressures; Tissue Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 42749083541     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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