Measures of Ventricular-Arterial Coupling and Incident Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Matched Case-Control Analysis
Lekavich CL, Barksdale DJ, Wu JR, Neelon V, Crandell J, Velazquez EJ. Measures of Ventricular-Arterial Coupling and Incident Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Matched Case-Control Analysis. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2017, 23: 659-665. PMID: 28716687, PMCID: PMC5585062, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2017.07.395.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentricular-arterial couplingControl groupEchocardiographic markersEjection fractionHeart failureControl subjectsCase groupHigher oddsConditional logistic regression analysisMatched Case-Control AnalysisDate of echocardiographyIncident heart failureConditional logistic regressionLogistic regression analysisCase-control analysisTimes higher oddsIncident HFpEFAtrial diameterTransthoracic echocardiogramProspective studyStudy cohortMortality implicationsUse of EESHFpEFVentricular elastance