Exercise E/e′ for the assessment of left ventricular filling pressures: With caution in clinical practice?

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 376-377

  Hammoudi, Nadjib ^a,b   Achkar, Marc ^a   Isnard, Richard ^a,b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HUMAN; LETTER; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84933048288     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.11.001     Document Type: Letter

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