- ►annals.org [PDF] TJ Wang, D Levy, EJ Benjamin, RS Vasan - Annals of internal medicine, 2003 - Am Coll Physicians Congestive heart failure is a progressive disorder that is frequently preceded
by asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction. We reviewed the
epidemiology, diagnosis, and natural history of asymptomatic left ... Cited by 94 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►ahajournals.org TJ Wang, JC Evans, EJ Benjamin, D Levy, … - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— We studied 4257 participants (1860 men) from the
Framingham Study who underwent routine echocardiography. The prevalence of ALVD
(visually estimated ejection fraction [EF] 50% without a history of CHF) ... Cited by 144 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►ahajournals.org P Verdecchia, F Angeli, R Gattobigio, M … - Hypertension, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc Prevalence, determinants, and prognostic value of asymptomatic left ventricular
systolic dysfunction (LVSD) in uncomplicated subjects with essential
hypertension are still incompletely known. We studied 2384 initially ... Cited by 18 - Related articles - All 8 versions
JV McMurray, TA McDonagh, AP Davie, JGF … - Heart Failure in Clinical Practice, 2000 - books.google.com 3 Should we screen for asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction to prevent
heart failure? John V McMurray, Theresa A McDonagh, Andrew P Davie, John GF
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- ►annals.org [PDF] JS Gottdiener, RL McClelland, R Marshall, … - Annals of internal medicine, 2002 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Most persons with congestive heart failure are elderly, and many
elderly persons with congestive heart failure have normal left ventricular
systolic function. Objective: To evaluate the relationship between left ... Cited by 211 - Related articles - All 5 versions
RB Devereux, JN Bella, V Palmieri, A … - Hypertension, 2001 - hyper.ahajournals.org.p.angrylapdog.com Abstract To determine the prevalence and correlates of left ventricular systolic
dysfunction in hypertensive patients in a biracial population-based sample,
clinical evaluation and echocardiography were performed in 2086 ... Cited by 44 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►ahajournals.org LR Goldberg, M Jessup - Circulation, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc HF is considered a progressive disorder that can be represented as a clinical
continuum. The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association
(ACC/AHA) updated 2005 guidelines for the management of chronic HF identify ... Cited by 34 - Related articles - All 5 versions
MK Davies, FDR Hobbs, RC Davis, JE Kenkre, … - The Lancet, 2001 - Elsevier Left-ventricular systolic dysfunction was diagnosed in 72 (1·8% [95% CI
1·4–2·3]) participants, half of whom had no symptoms. Borderline
left-ventricular function (ejection fraction 40–50%) was seen in 139 ... Cited by 242 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►ahajournals.org MM Redfield, RJ Rodeheffer, SJ Jacobsen, DW … - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— We measured BNP, systolic and diastolic ventricular
function, and clinical parameters in 2042 randomly selected residents of Olmsted
County, Minn, aged 45 years or older. For preclinical systolic dysfunction, ... Cited by 156 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
- ►onlinejacc.org PA Heidenreich, MA Gubens, GC Fonarow, … - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2004 - Elsevier We used a decision model to estimate economic and health outcomes for different
screening strategies using BNP and echocardiography to detect left ventricular
EF <40% for men and women age 60 years. We used published data from ... Cited by 99 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 19 versions
