A comparison of echocardiographic measures of diastolic function for predicting all-cause mortality in a predominantly male population.

Nguyen PK, Schnittger I, Heidenreich PA. A comparison of echocardiographic measures of diastolic function for predicting all-cause mortality in a predominantly male population. American heart journal. 2011 Mar 1; 161(3):530-7.

Related HSR&D Project(s)

• CDA 10-032 – The Impact and Value of Non-invasive Testing in the Management of Obstructive CAD
• SDP 09-160 – Implementation of the Hospital to Home (H2H) Heart failure Initiative

Dimensions for VA is a web-based tool available to VA staff that enables detailed searches of published research and research projects.

If you have VA-Intranet access, click here for more information vaww.hsrd.research.va.gov/dimensions/

VA staff not currently on the VA network can access Dimensions by registering for an account using their VA email address.    Search Dimensions for VA for this citation
* Don't have VA-internal network access or a VA email address? Try searching the free-to-the-public version of Dimensions

Search for Abstract from PubMed

---

Abstract:

In a large, clinically diverse population, most measures of diastolic function were predictive of all-cause mortality without adjustment for patient characteristics. On multivariate analysis, only V(p) was independently associated with total mortality. This association with mortality may be related to factors other than diastolic function and warrants further investigation.