Open AccessDevelopment of an Echocardiographic Risk-Stratification Index to Predict Heart Failure in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease
Author(s) -
Steven M. Stevens,
Ramin FarzanehFar,
Beeya Na,
Mary A. Whooley,
Nelson B. Schiller
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.08.004
Subject(s) - cardiology , medicine , heart failure , coronary artery disease , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , mitral regurgitation , body mass index , diastole , blood pressure
We sought to determine which transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) measurements most strongly predict heart failure (HF) and to develop an index for risk stratification in outpatients with coronary artery disease (CAD).
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