PMID- 8725323
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19961001
LR  - 20180215
IS  - 0008-6312 (Print)
IS  - 0008-6312 (Linking)
VI  - 87
IP  - 3
DP  - 1996 May-Jun
TI  - Prognostic value of echocardiography in 190 patients with chronic congestive 
      heart failure. A comparison with New York Heart Association functional classes 
      and radionuclide ventriculography.
PG  - 250-6
AB  - Survival in 190 consecutive patients with congestive heart failure, discharged 
      from a general hospital, was studied. Sixteen patients were in New York Heart 
      Association (NYHA) class I, 87 in II, 83 in III and 4 in IV. Median left 
      ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from radionuclide ventriculography was 0.30 
      (range 0.06-0.74). Two-year survival was 68%. Wall motion index was the only 
      echocardiographic variable with significant, independent, prognostic information 
      on survival. The 2-year survival in NYHA classes I and II was 90.7% for wall 
      motion index > or = 1.3, and 78.6% when < 1.3. In classes III and IV survival was 
      68.9% for wall motion index > or = 1.3 and 39.9% when < 1.3. Addition of LVEF 
      gave further information about survival. This study demonstrates that 
      echocardiography is of great value in determining prognosis in congestive heart 
      failure patients, and that wall motion index contains the majority of the 
      information. Wall motion index is closely correlated to LVEF, however 
      prognostication is improved when information about LVEF is added.
FAU - Madsen, B K
AU  - Madsen BK
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
FAU - Videbaek, R
AU  - Videbaek R
FAU - Stokholm, H
AU  - Stokholm H
FAU - Mortensen, L S
AU  - Mortensen LS
FAU - Hansen, J F
AU  - Hansen JF
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Cardiology
JT  - Cardiology
JID - 1266406
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Chronic Disease
MH  - Female
MH  - *Gated Blood-Pool Imaging
MH  - Heart Failure/classification/*diagnostic imaging/mortality
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Multivariate Analysis
MH  - Prognosis
MH  - Stroke Volume
MH  - Survival Analysis
MH  - Ultrasonography
MH  - Ventricular Function, Left
EDAT- 1996/05/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/05/01 00:01
CRDT- 1996/05/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/05/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/05/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/05/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1159/000177096 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Cardiology. 1996 May-Jun;87(3):250-6. doi: 10.1159/000177096.