Predicting Heart Failure Hospitalization and Mortality by Quantitative Echocardiography: Is Body Surface Area the Indexing Method of Choice? The Heart and Soul Study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 406-413

  Ristow, Bryan ^a   Ali, Sadia ^b   Na, Beeya ^b   Turakhia, Mintu P ^c   Whooley, Mary A ^b   Schiller, Nelson B ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body surface area; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Mortality; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION;

AGED; BODY SURFACE AREA; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 77950088672     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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