2005
Knowledge of blood pressure levels and targets in patients with coronary artery disease in the USA
Cheng S, Lichtman JH, Amatruda JM, Smith GL, Mattera JA, Roumanis SA, Krumholz HM. Knowledge of blood pressure levels and targets in patients with coronary artery disease in the USA. Journal Of Human Hypertension 2005, 19: 769-774. PMID: 16049521, DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood pressure levelsCoronary artery diseaseDiastolic blood pressure levelsArtery diseaseImportant modifiable risk factorTarget blood pressure levelsBlood pressure targetsHistory of hypertensionLow-risk patientsModifiable risk factorsCertain patient subgroupsHigh-risk groupBlood pressure knowledgePressure levelsClinical characteristicsPressure targetsRisk patientsPatient subgroupsPatient awarenessRisk factorsRisk groupsCardiac diseasePatientsDiseaseHypertension
1988
Peak filling rate normalized to mitral stroke volume: A new Doppler echocardiographic filling index validated by radionuclide angiographic techniques
Bowman L, Lee F, Jaffe C, Mattera J, Wackers F, Zaret B. Peak filling rate normalized to mitral stroke volume: A new Doppler echocardiographic filling index validated by radionuclide angiographic techniques. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1988, 12: 937-943. PMID: 3417992, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(88)90458-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeak filling rateMitral stroke volumeMean peak filling rateEnd-diastolic volumeStroke volumeFilling indexDoppler echocardiographyNormal patientsFilling velocityEarly peak filling velocityLate filling ratioEarly filling velocityDiastolic filling indexesLeft ventricular fillingTime-velocity integralPeak filling velocityRadionuclide angiographic techniquesFilling rateMitral inflowVentricular fillingMitral leafletEchocardiographic determinationMitral apparatusVelocity integralVentricular volume