Open AccessInotropic Contractile Reserve Can Risk-Stratify Patients With HIV Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Omar WeverPinzon,
Sripal Bangalore,
Jorge Romero,
Jorge Silva Enciso,
Farooq A. Chaudhry
Publication year - 2011
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.2011.09.012
Subject(s) - ejection fraction , medicine , cardiology , hazard ratio , cardiomyopathy , heart failure , inotrope , confidence interval , dobutamine , hemodynamics
The purpose of this study was to assess whether inotropic contractile reserve (ICR) during dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) could risk-stratify patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cardiomyopathy and predict improvement of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).
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