A systematic review of diastolic stress tests in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, with proposals from the EU-FP7 MEDIA study group

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1345-1361

  Erdei, Tamás ^a   Smiseth, Otto A ^b   Marino, Paolo ^c   Fraser, Alan G ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diastolic stress test; Echocardiography; Exercise test; Functional reserve; Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HAND GRIP; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIASTOLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIASTOLE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84913590317     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.184     Document Type: Review

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