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Left atrial emptying fraction predicts limited exercise performance in heart failure patients

AIM: We aimed in this study to assess the role of left atrial (LA), in addition to left ventricular (LV) indices, in predicting exercise capacity in patients with heart failure (HF). METHODS: This study included 88 consecutive patients (60 ± 10 years) with stable HF. LV end-diastolic and end-systoli...

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Autores principales: Bytyçi, Ibadete, Bajraktari, Gani, Ibrahimi, Pranvera, Berisha, Gëzim, Rexhepaj, Nehat, Henein, Michael Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5801443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29450190
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchv.2014.04.002