Exercise E/e' for the assessment of left ventricular filling pressures: with caution in clinical practice?

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2015 Mar;28(3):376-7. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.11.001. Epub 2014 Dec 12.

Authors

Nadjib Hammoudi¹, Marc Achkar², Richard Isnard¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France; University Paris 6, Faculté de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
² Department of Cardiology, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France.

PMID: 25510308
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.11.001

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Echocardiography / methods*
Exercise Test / methods*
Female
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Male
Oxygen Consumption / physiology*
Physical Endurance / physiology*
Physical Fitness / physiology*
Ventricular Function, Left / physiology*