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Strain Improves Risk Prediction Beyond Ejection Fraction in Chronic Systolic Heart Failure

BACKGROUND: The utility of longitudinal, circumferential, and radial strain and strain rate in determining prognosis in chronic heart failure is not well established. METHODS AND RESULTS: In 416 patients with chronic systolic heart failure, we performed speckle‐tracking analyses of left ventricular...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Kathleen W., French, Benjamin, May Khan, Abigail, Plappert, Ted, Fang, James C., Sweitzer, Nancy K., Borlaug, Barry A., Chirinos, Julio A., St. John Sutton, Martin, Cappola, Thomas P., Ky, Bonnie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24419736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.113.000550