Echocardiographic examination: A major role in the management of heart failure

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 101, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 431-433

  Logeart, Damien ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIURETIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART OUTPUT MEASUREMENT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 56049084016     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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