Prognostic evaluation of the elastic properties of the ascending aorta in dilated cardiomyopathy.

Edoardo SciattiEnrico VizzardiIvano BonadeiDavide FabbricatoreFrancesco PratiMattia PagnoniMarco Metra

Published in: European journal of clinical investigation (2018)

Elastic properties of the ascending aorta measured by echocardiography in patients with nonischaemic DCM predict long-term HF rehospitalization and combined death or HF rehospitalization, also after correcting for the confounding factors.

Keyphrases

pulmonary artery
pulmonary hypertension
aortic dissection
coronary artery
aortic valve
pulmonary arterial hypertension
acute heart failure
left ventricular
computed tomography
heart failure
atrial fibrillation