Tissue Doppler E/E′ ratio is a powerful predictor of primary cardiac events in a hypertensive population: An ASCOT substudy

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 747-752

  Sharp, Andrew S P ^a   Tapp, Robyn J ^a,b   Thom, Simon A McG ^a   Francis, Darrel P ^a   Hughes, Alun D ^a   Stanton, Alice V ^c   Zambanini, Andrew ^a   O'Brien, Eoin ^d   Chaturvedi, Nish ^a   Lyons, Simon ^c   Byrd, Sheila ^a   Poulter, Neil R ^a   Sever, Peter S ^a   Mayet, Jamil ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Diastole; Hypertension; Left ventricle; Outcome; Tissue Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77954171804     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp498     Document Type: Article

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