Coronary flow reserve assessed by myocardial contrast echocardiography predicts mortality in patients with heart failure

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-75

  Anantharam, Brijesh ^a   Janardhanan, Raj ^a   Hayat, Sajad ^a   Hickman, Michael ^a   Chahal, Navtej ^a   Bassett, Paul ^a   Senior, Roxy ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary flow reserve; Heart failure; Myocardial contrast echocardiography; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; ROC CURVE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 78651346371     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq109     Document Type: Article

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