Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1752-1757 , November 2008

Usefulness of the Ratio of Transmitral E Wave Velocity to Isovolumic Relaxation Flow Propagation Velocity for Predicting Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure

  • Ho-Ming Su

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Tsung-Hsien Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chee-Siong Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chien-Tsai Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Min-Hua Tang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tan-Tze Chin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Ter Lai

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sheng-Hsiung Sheu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Chol Voon

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Wen-Chol Voon, MD, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Tz-You 1st Road, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan

Received 16 December 2007 ,Revised 18 March 2008 ,Accepted 4 April 2008.

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PII: S0301-5629(08)00185-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.04.003

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1752-1757 , November 2008

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