Radionuclide angiographic exercise left ventricular performance in chronic aortic regurgitation: Relationship to resting echographic ventricular dimensions and systolic wall stress index
Lewis S, Riba A, Berger H, Davies R, Wackers F, Alexander J, Sands M, Cohen L, Zaret B. Radionuclide angiographic exercise left ventricular performance in chronic aortic regurgitation: Relationship to resting echographic ventricular dimensions and systolic wall stress index. American Heart Journal 1982, 103: 498-504. PMID: 7064791, DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(82)90336-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic aortic regurgitationExercise reserveAortic regurgitationRadius/wall thickness ratioEjection fractionRadionuclide angiocardiographyLV dimensionsEchocardiographic LV dimensionsUpright bicycle exerciseFirst-pass radionuclide angiocardiographyM-mode echocardiographyWall stress indexAR patientsSymptomatic patientsBicycle exerciseVentricular dimensionsVentricular performanceExercise responseExercise performancePatientsEnd systoleEnd diastoleAbsolute changeRegurgitationWall thickness ratio