Left ventricular fluid dynamics in heart failure: Echocardiographic measurement and utilities of vortex formation time

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 385-393

  Poh, Kian Keong ^a,b,c   Lee, Li Ching ^a   Shen, Liang ^b   Chong, Eric ^a   Tan, Yee Leng ^a   Chai, Ping ^a   Yeo, Tiong Cheng ^a   Wood, Malissa J ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diastolic dysfunction; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Myocardial performance index; Preserved ejection fraction; Prognostic significance; Systolic; Tissue doppler; Vortex formation time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VORTEX FORMATION TIME; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84863842735     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer288     Document Type: Article

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