Why the study?
Does atrioventricular plane displacement measured by echocardiography correlate with left ventricular ejection fraction in healthy subjects and patients with cardiac disease?
Population
79 subjects
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May support AV plane displacement as LVEF surrogate; leaves open prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Does atrioventricular plane displacement measured by echocardiography correlate with left ventricular ejection fraction in healthy subjects and patients with cardiac disease?
Atrioventricular plane displacement measured by echocardiography is a simple and highly accurate surrogate for left ventricular ejection fraction in both healthy individuals and patients with cardiac dysfunction.
Alam et al. (1992) studied this question.
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