1. Global Longitudinal Strain by CMR Feature Tracking Is Associated With Outcome in HFPEF
- Author
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Diana Bonderman, Christian Hengstenberg, Christian Nitsche, Christina Binder, Franz Duca, Andreas A. Kammerlander, Jakob A. Kraiger, Julia Mascherbauer, Stefan Aschauer, Carolina Donà, Caroline Zotter-Tufaro, and Christian Loewe
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Longitudinal strain ,macromolecular substances ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Ventricular Function, Left ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Predictive Value of Tests ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,cardiovascular diseases ,Progression-free survival ,Prospective Studies ,Prospective cohort study ,Aged ,Heart Failure ,Ejection fraction ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,Stroke Volume ,Stroke volume ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Progression-Free Survival ,Hospitalization ,Heart failure ,Predictive value of tests ,cardiovascular system ,Cardiology ,Disease Progression ,Female ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,circulatory and respiratory physiology - Abstract
Current European guidelines classify heart failure (HF) patients according to left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) as reduced, mid-range, and preserved subtypes [(1)][1]. Although this is reasonable clinically, several aspects limit the use of LVEF as sole indicator for the severity of HF.
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- 2018