Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 406-413, April 2010

Predicting Heart Failure Hospitalization and Mortality by Quantitative Echocardiography: Is Body Surface Area the Indexing Method of Choice? The Heart and Soul Study

  • Bryan Ristow, MD

      Affiliations

    • California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Bryan Ristow, MD, California Pacific Medical Center, Kanbar Cardiology Center, 2333 Buchanan St, San Francisco, CA 94115.
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  • Sadia Ali, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Beeya Na, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Mintu P. Turakhia, MD

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
    • ,
  • Mary A. Whooley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Nelson B. Schiller, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, California

published online 04 March 2010.

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 This study was supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Epidemiology Merit Review Program), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program), the American Foundation for Aging Research (Paul Beeson Faculty Scholars in Aging Research Program), the Nancy Kirwan Heart Research Fund, and an equipment loan from Siemens Corporation(Mountain View, California).

 There are no conflicts of interest to report from any of the authors.

PII: S0894-7317(10)00091-X

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2010.01.019

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 406-413, April 2010

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