Contrast echocardiography for assessing left ventricular vortex strength in heart failure: A prospective cohort study

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1049-1060

  Abe, Haruhiko ^a,b   Caracciolo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Kheradvar, Arash ^c   Pedrizzetti, Gianni ^b,d   Khandheria, Bijoy K ^e   Narula, Jagat ^b   Sengupta, Partho P ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Left ventricle; Mechanical efficiency; Particle image velocimetry; Vortex

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BODY SURFACE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHICCONTRAST PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRACARDIAC ECHOGRAPHY DEVICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MUSCLE STRAIN; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; QRS COMPLEX; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VORTEX STRENGTH;

HEART FAILURE; LEFT VENTRICLE; MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; VORTEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84885911138     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jet049     Document Type: Article

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