Grading diastolic left ventricular function

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 698-699

  Hummel, Yoran M ^a   Voors, Adriaan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79959986117     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfr061     Document Type: Editorial

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