Two-dimensional strain for the assessment of left ventricular function in low flow-low gradient aortic stenosis, relationship to hemodynamics, and outcome: A substudy of the multicenter TOPAS study

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 268-276

  Bartko, Philipp Emanuel ^a   Heinze, Georg ^a   Graf, Senta ^a   Clavel, Marie Annick ^b   Khorsand, Aliasghar ^a   Bergler Klein, Jutta ^a   Burwash, Ian Gordon ^c   Dumesnil, Jean Gaston ^b   Sénéchal, Mario ^b   Baumgartner, Helmut ^d   Rosenhek, Raphael ^a   Pibarot, Philippe ^b   Mundigler, Gerald ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Doppler echocardiography; Heart failure; Low flow; Myocardial strain; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DOBUTAMINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (1 76); PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (1-76);

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STRESS; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; LOW FLOW LOW GRADIENT AORTA STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL STRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877295923     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.980201     Document Type: Article

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