Reduced stroke distance of the left ventricular outflow tract is independently associated with long ‐term mortality, in patients hospitalized due to heart failure

ConclusionsStroke distance was associated with long‐term mortality, independently of other known echocardiographic prognostic factors in elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure. Only when stroke distance was excluded from analysis, LVEF became associated with mortality. Stroke distance had additive prognostic value.

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Source: Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging - January 1, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: You Zhong, Qays Almodares, JieFu Yang, Fang Wang, Michael Fu, Magnus C. Johansson Tags: Original Article Source Type: research