Clinical study: heart failurePredictive value of systolic and diastolic function for incident congestive heart failure in the elderly: The Cardiovascular Health Study☆
Presented in part at the 69th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1996.
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Abbreviations
CHD
coronary heart disease
CHF
congestive heart failure
CHS
Cardiovascular Health Study
CI
confidence intervals
EF
ejection fraction
FSendo
fractional shortening measured at the endocardium
FSmw
fractional shortening measured at the midwall
LV
left ventricular
MI
myocardial infarction
RR
relative risk
RWT
relative wall thickness
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This study was supported by contracts N01-HC-85079-85086 and N01-HC-15103 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
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