Accuracy of Echocardiographic Cardiac Index Assessment in Subjects with Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

• Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) Vol. 32; no. 11; pp. 1628 - 1638
• Main Authors: Maeder, Micha T., Karapanagiotidis, Sofie, Dewar, Elizabeth M., Kaye, David M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2015
• Subjects: Aged; Cardiac Catheterization; cardiac output; Cardiac Output - physiology; echocardiography; ejection fraction; Female; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Monitoring, Physiologic; preserved; Prospective Studies; Reproducibility of Results; right heart catheterization; Stroke Volume - physiology; Thermodilution; Ultrasonography; Ventricular Function, Left - physiology; cardiac output; ejection fraction; right heart catheterization; preserved; echocardiography

Introduction We aimed to determine the accuracy of the echocardiographic assessment of cardiac index (CI) in subjects with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Methods Thirty‐three subjects with LVEF >50%, normal sinus rhythm, and a broad spectrum of hemodynamic profiles underwent...