BACKGROUND Dilated cardiomyopathy is an important cause of morbidity and mortality
among patients with congestive heart failure. Hemodynamic and prognostic characterization …

Our purpose in this study was to investigate the correlation of clinical, electrocardiographic,
hemodynamic, and histopathologic features at diagnosis with the long‐term prognosis in …

The relation of left ventricular (LV) diastolic filling with the clinical outcome in patients with
idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC) was examined. LV diastolic filling was assessed by …

A study of factors predicting mortality was performed in 201 patients with dilated
cardiomyopathy (163 men, 38 women, mean age: 48±11 years) by multivariate analysis …

A total of 110 patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy were followed prospectively for
53±8 (range 41 to 69) months to determine prognostic factors identifying patients at risk for …

Dilated cardiomyopathy, defined as left ventricular systolic dysfunction with chamber
dilation, represents a final common pathway for many pathologic cardiac processes. The …

One hundred and sixty nine patients (mean age 39.1 years) with documented dilated
cardiomyopathy were studied for a mean of 5.5 years One hundred and four patients died …

A diagnosis of diastolic heart failure can be made if the patient exhibits clinical evidence of
heart failure and has a normal left ventricular ejection fraction. The diagnosis is confirmed if …

Thirty to fifty percent of patients presenting with signs and symptoms of heart failure have a
normal left ventricular (LV) systolic ejection fraction. The clinical examination cannot …

This study was designed to determine prognostic risk indicators of nonischemic dilated
cardiomy-opathy (DC). Sixty-nine patients were studied. Each patient underwent physical …