THREE-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION IMPROVES PATIENT SELECTION OF IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS OVER TWO-DIMENSIONAL EJECTION FRACTION

Authors :: Sabino Iliceto
Patrizia Aruta
Emanuele Bertaglia
Denisa Muraru
Luigi P. Badano
Francesca Boccalini
José Antonio Arias-Godínez
Erick Alexanderson Rosas
Hugo Rodriguez Zanella
Eleonora Secco
Julio Cesar Sauza Sosa
Oscar Calvillo Argüelles
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71:A2110
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2018.
Abstract: ACC guidelines recommend an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in patients with symptomatic heart failure and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤ 35%. Conventionally, two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) LVEF has been used, however three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE)

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
Ejection fraction
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Three dimensional echocardiography
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
medicine.disease
Internal medicine
Heart failure
cardiovascular system
medicine
Cardiology
In patient
cardiovascular diseases
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
circulatory and respiratory physiology

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