Gender differences in survival in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction despite similar extent of myocardial scar measured on cardiac magnetic resonance

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 937-944

  Kwon, Deborah H ^a   Halley, Carmel M ^a   Popovic, Zoran B ^a   Carrigan, Thomas P ^a   Zysek, Victoria ^a   Setser, Randolph ^a   Schoenhagen, Paul ^a   Flamm, Scott D ^a   Starling, Randall C ^a   Desai, Milind Y ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed hyper enhancement CMR; Gender differences; Outcomes; Severe left ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL SCAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CICATRIX; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIUM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70349705875     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfp118     Document Type: Article

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