Usefulness of coronary angiography for assessing left ventricular function

B Wandt; A Kähäri; J Zizala; L Bojö; B Wranne

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00326-9

Usefulness of coronary angiography for assessing left ventricular function

Am J Cardiol. 1998 Aug 1;82(3):384-6. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00326-9.

Authors

B Wandt¹, A Kähäri, J Zizala, L Bojö, B Wranne

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Physiology, Central Hospital, Karlstad, Sweden.

PMID: 9708672
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00326-9

Abstract

The correlation of ejection fraction to left ventricular long-axis contractions, measured from left coronary ostium to apical arterial branches, on coronary angiograms was investigated.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Coronary Angiography*
Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Disease / physiopathology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Contraction
Reproducibility of Results
Stroke Volume
Ventricular Function, Left / physiology*