A Novel Integrated Score Index of Echocardiographic Indices for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function.

We propose a novel integrated score index, which could be used to quantify and grade left ventricular (LV) diastolic function.We enrolled 629 participants [393 healthy subjects, 145 with hypertension (HTN), 24 with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), and 67 with coronary artery disease (CAD)]. This s...

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Main Authors: Sheng-Nan Chang, Jimmy Jyh-Ming Juang, Chia-Ti Tsai, Jiing-Tang Ko, Wen-Pin Lien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4640516?pdf=render