Reply: Does speckle tracking really improve diagnosis and risk stratification in patients with HF with normal EF?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1535-1536

  Shah, Amil M ^a   Kraigher Krainer, Elisabeth ^a   Gupta, Deepak K ^a   Santos, Angela ^a   Claggett, Brian ^a   Pieske, Burkert ^a   Zile, Michael R ^a   Voors, Adriaan A ^a   Lefkowitz, Marty P ^a   Packer, Milton ^a   McMurray, John J V ^a   Solomon, Scott D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; PATIENT RISK; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SPECKLE TRACKING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84908128667     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.04.084     Document Type: Letter

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