Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Prognostic value of myocardial infarct size and contractile reserve using magnetic resonance imaging.

Nov 2009 OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to assess the predictive value of myocardial infarct size assessed with late gadolinium-enhanced (LGE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in medically treated patients with chronic myocardial infarction relative to contractile ... Read more...

Abnormal regional left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: clinical significance of post-ischemic diastolic stunning.

18 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to characterize both regional left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic function after percutaneous coronary intervention by using strain imaging (SI) derived from 2-dimensional speckle-tracking ... Read more...

The role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in heart failure.

4 Oct 2009 Noninvasive imaging plays a central role in the diagnosis of heart failure, assessment of prognosis, and monitoring of therapy. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) offers a comprehensive assessment of heart failure patients and is now the gold ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Ventricular Dysfunction, Left'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prognostic value of myocardial infarct size and contractile reserve using magnetic resonance imaging. Nov 2009
• [A patient with aortic stenosis and reduced left ventricular function] 20 Oct 2009
• Abnormal regional left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: clinical significance of post-ischemic diastolic stunning. 18 Oct 2009
• Assessment of left ventricular dysfunction in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. 13 Oct 2009
• Pacing in heart failure patients with narrow QRS: is there more to gain than resynchronization? 10 Oct 2009
• The role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in heart failure. 4 Oct 2009
• Acute left ventricular dilation and septic shock-induced myocardial dysfunction. 29 Sep 2009
• Safety of symptom-limited cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with chronic heart failure due to severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction. 29 Sep 2009
• Outcomes, health policy, and managed care: relationships between patient-reported outcome measures and clinical measures in outpatients with heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
• Relationship of age and exercise performance in patients with heart failure: the HF-ACTION study. 29 Sep 2009
• Myocardial perfusion, function, and dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure: baseline results from the single-photon emission computed tomography imaging ancillary study of the Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise TraiNing (HF-ACTION) Trial. 29 Sep 2009
• Relationship of Doppler-Echocardiographic left ventricular diastolic function to exercise performance in systolic heart failure: the HF-ACTION study. 29 Sep 2009
• N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and exercise capacity in chronic heart failure: data from the Heart Failure and a Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION) study. 29 Sep 2009
• The relationship between body mass index and cardiopulmonary exercise testing in chronic systolic heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
• New York Heart Association functional class predicts exercise parameters in the current era. 29 Sep 2009
• Baseline differences in the HF-ACTION trial by sex. 29 Sep 2009
• Understanding heart failure through the HF-ACTION baseline characteristics. 29 Sep 2009
• Strain rate evaluation of phasic atrial function in hypertension. 29 Sep 2009
• Association of the parameters derived from the relation between RR intervals and left ventricle performance with a history of heart failure in patients with atrial fibrillation. 29 Sep 2009
• Relation of plasma brain natriuretic peptide levels on admission for ST-elevation myocardial infarction to left ventricular end-diastolic volume six months later measured by both echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Ventricular Dysfunction, Left'

Definition: A condition in which the LEFT VENTRICLE of the heart was functionally impaired. This condition usually leads to HEART FAILURE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; and other cardiovascular complications. Diagnosis is made by measuring the diminished ejection fraction and a depressed level of motility of the left ventricular wall.

Descriptor UI: D018487

Alternative terms: Ventricular Dysfunction, Left; Left Ventricular Dysfunction; Dysfunction, Left Ventricular; Dysfunctions, Left Ventricular; Left Ventricular Dysfunctions; Ventricular Dysfunctions, Left;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C14.280.945.900;

History Note: 95