Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 190-197, February 2009

Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular End-Systolic Volume Index as a Predictor of Heart Failure Hospitalization in Stable Coronary Artery Disease: Data from the Heart and Soul Study

  • David D. McManus, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • D.D.M. and S.J.S. contributed equally to this work.
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  • Sanjiv J. Shah, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • D.D.M. and S.J.S. contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Mary Rose Fabi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Alisa Rosen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Mary A. Whooley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Nelson B. Schiller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Nelson B. Schiller, MD, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA 94143

published online 12 December 2008.

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 Conflicts of Interest: None.

 Financial Disclosures: The Heart and Soul Study was supported by grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs (Epidemiology Program), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, American Federation for Aging Research, and National Institutes of Health (R01 HL079235). Dr Shah was supported by a Heart Failure Society of America Research Fellowship Award.

PII: S0894-7317(08)00663-9

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2008.11.005

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 190-197, February 2009

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