E/a ´ ratio a simple detector of left ventricular dysfunction in patients with decreased ejection fraction.
CONCLUSION: The average E/a´ ratio might be useful as a fast screening tool of a left ventricular dysfunction and an increased left ventricular filling pressure in patients with a decreased ejection fraction.
PMID: 29237305 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal - Category: Cardiology Tags: Scand Cardiovasc J Source Type: research