Contractile reserve as a predictor of prognosis in patients with non-ischaemic systolic heart failure and dilated cardiomyopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective: Patients with non-ischaemic systolic heart failure (HF) and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) are a heterogenous group with varied morbidity and mortality. Prognostication in this group is challenging. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the significance o...

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Main Authors: Peter H Waddingham, Sanjeev Bhattacharyya, Jet Van Zalen, Guy Lloyd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Echo Research and Practice
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Online Access:http://www.echorespract.com/content/5/1/1.full