dc.contributor.author |
Whalley, GA |
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dc.contributor.author |
Gamble, Gregory |
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dc.contributor.author |
Doughty, Robert |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2012-03-26T02:31:52Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2006 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Int J Cardiol 122(3):207-215 30 Nov 2007 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0167-5273 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/15378 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Background and objective Doppler echocardiographic assessment of diastolic filling provides a non-invasive estimate of left ventricular (LV) filling pressure and the most advanced diastolic filling grade, the restrictive filling pattern (RFP), has been linked to prognosis in patients post acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and with heart failure (HF). There remains some uncertainty about the prognostic role of RFP in patients with varied levels of systolic function. The objective of this collaboration is to determine whether the presence of RFP offers additional prognostic information over LV systolic function, symptoms or other clinical factors in patients post AMI or with HF. Methods The Meta-analysis Research Group in Echocardiography (MeRGE) has been established in order to test this through two individual patient meta-analyses. Prospective studies that enrolled patients with either established HF or post AMI and included Doppler-echocardiography and outcome data will be merged into two large datasets (3739 AMI patients and 3540 HF patients) in order to evaluate the independent effects of RFP upon total and cardiovascular mortality using Kaplan–Meier survival analysis methods and Cox proportional Hazards model for multi-variate analysis. Survival will be examined within different bands of LV systolic function based upon ejection fraction (EF). Implications This unique dataset will provide a very large cohort of patients, which will be adequately powered to provide new and prognostically important information to further aid risk stratification in these two high-risk patient groups. |
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dc.publisher |
Elsevier Inc. |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
International Journal of Cardiology |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Individual patient meta-analyses of restrictive diastolic filling pattern and mortality in patients post acute myocardial infarction and in patients with chronic heart failure. |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.080 |
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pubs.issue |
3 |
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pubs.begin-page |
207 |
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pubs.volume |
122 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: Elsevier Inc. |
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dc.identifier.pmid |
17321616 |
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pubs.end-page |
215 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
67386 |
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pubs.org-id |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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pubs.org-id |
School of Medicine |
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pubs.org-id |
Medicine Department |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2010-09-01 |
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pubs.dimensions-id |
17321616 |
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