Dobutamine-induced changes of left atrial two-dimensional deformation predict clinical and neurohumoral improvement after levosimendan treatment in patients with acutely decompensated chronic heart failure

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-37

  Paraskevaidis, Ioannis A ^a   Ikonomidis, Ignatios ^a   Parissis, John ^a   Papadopoulos, Costantinos ^a   Stassinos, Vasilios ^a   Bistola, Vasiliki ^a   Anastasiou Nana, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Left atrium; Levosimendan; Speckle tracking; Two (2) dimensional strain

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CARVEDILOL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; LEVOSIMENDAN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING PARAMETERS; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYDRAZONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PYRIDAZINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860252479     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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