Noninvasive Detection of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction by Acoustic Cardiography in Cardiac Failure Patients

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 310-319

  Roos, Markus ^a   Toggweiler, Stefan ^a   Jamshidi, Peiman ^a   Zuber, Michel ^a   Kobza, Richard ^a   Meier, Rolf ^a   Erne, Paul ^a  

^a Division of Cardiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic cardiography; ejection fraction; heart failure; QRS duration

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC CARDIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 43049171795     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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