A Test in Context: E/A and E/e′ to Assess Diastolic Dysfunction and LV Filling Pressure

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1451-1464

  Mitter, Sumeet S ^a   Shah, Sanjiv J ^a   Thomas, James D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler; echocardiography; heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; LV relaxation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DECELERATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; E TO EARLY DIASTOLIC MITRAL ANNULAR TISSUE VELOCITY; E WAVE DECELERATION TIME; EARLY TO LATE DIASTOLIC TRANSMITRAL FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAXIMAL E WAVE VELOCITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MITRAL ANNULAR E VELOCITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TRANSMITRAL FLOW; VELOCITY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE, DIASTOLIC; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 85015222164     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.12.037     Document Type: Review

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