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Novel Echocardiographic Approach to Hemodynamic Phenotypes Predicts Outcome of Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure.
Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging - 1 Apr 2020
Mele Donato, Pestelli Gabriele, Dini Frank Lloyd, Dal Molin Davide, Smarrazzo Vittorio, Trevisan Filippo, Luisi Giovanni Andrea, Ferrari Roberto
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BACKGROUND: Although in clinical practice heart failure (HF) patients are classified using left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), this categorization is insufficient for prognosis, especially when LVEF is preserved or there is a concomitant right ventricular (RV) dysfunction. We hypothesized that a combined noninvasive evaluation of LV forward flow, filling pressure, and RV function would be better than LVEF...
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