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Potential role of conventional and speckle-tracking echocardiography in the screening of structural and functional cardiac abnormalities in elderly individuals: Baseline echocardiographic findings from the LOOP study.

Flemming Javier OlsenSøren Zoega DiederichsenPeter Godsk JørgensenMagnus T JensenAnders DahlNino Emmanuel LandlerClaus GraffAxel BrandesDerk KriegerKetil Jørgen HauganLars KøberSøren HøjbergJesper Hastrup SvendsenTor Biering-Sørensen
Published in: PloS one (2022)
The findings of this study highlight the potential clinical utility of conventional and speckle-tracking echocardiography in the screening of structural and functional cardiac abnormalities in the elderly population. Further studies are warranted to determine the prognostic relevance of these findings.
Keyphrases
  • left ventricular
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • computed tomography
  • heart failure
  • middle aged
  • mitral valve
  • risk assessment
  • atrial fibrillation