Echocardiographic Indices Do Not Reliably Track Changes in Left-Sided Filling Pressure in Healthy Subjects or Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction - Bhella, Paul S.; Pacini, Eric L.; Prasad, Anand; Hastings, Jeffrey L.; Adams-Huet, Beverley; Thomas, James D.; Grayburn, Paul A.; Levine, Benjamin D. (Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging, 2011)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Atrial Function, Left - physiology; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiac Catheterization; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular system; Disease Progression; Echocardiography, Doppler, Color - methods; Female; Heart; Heart Failure - diagnostic imaging; Heart Failure - physiopathology; Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement; Humans; Investigative techniques of hemodynamics; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Prognosis; Pulmonary Wedge Pressure - physiology; Reproducibility of Results; Severity of Illness Index; Stroke Volume - physiology; Ultrasonic investigative techniques; Ventricular Function, Left - physiology; Ventricular Pressure - physiology; Doppler ultrasound study; Left; Support; Concurrent; Volunteer; Cardiovascular disease; Knowledge; Result; Heart disease; Right heart; Population; Filling; Ambulatory; Diagnosis; Sonography; Human; Heart failure; ultrasonics; Echocardiography; Catheterization; Healthy subject; Echo; Use; Patient; Pulmonary wedge pressure; Method; pressure; Medical screening; Drug conversion; Treatment; Hemodynamics; Technique; Elderly; Doppler; Ejection fraction