Prognostic value of global left ventricular strain for conservatively treated patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 301-306

  Lee, Hsin Fu ^a   Hsu, Lung An ^a,b   Chan, Yi Hsin ^a,b   Wang, Chun Li ^a,b   Chang, Chi Jen ^a,b   Kuo, Chi Tai ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Echocardiography; Outcome; Speckle tracking; Strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRAIN; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AORTIC STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; OUTCOME; SPECKLE TRACKING; STRAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84887201830     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: 18764738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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