Relationship between left and right ventricular ejection fractions in chronic advanced systolic heart failure: Insights from the BEST trial

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 392-397

  Desai, Ravi V ^a   Meyer, Philippe ^b   Ahmed, Mustafa I ^a   Mujib, Marjan ^a   Adamopoulos, Chris ^c   White, Michel ^d   Aban, Inmaculada B ^a   Iskandrian, Ami E ^a   Ahmed, Ali ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Left ventricular ejection fraction; Right ventricular ejection fraction

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUCINDOLOL; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; RADIOISOTOPE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 79953153766     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfq206     Document Type: Article

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