Phenotypic Clustering of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Parameters: Patterns and Prognostic Relevance.

Journal: JACC. Cardiovascular imaging
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study sought to explore the natural clustering of echocardiographic variables used for assessing left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction (DD) in order to isolate high-risk phenotypic patterns and assess their prognostic significance.

Authors

  • Megan Cummins Lancaster
    Department of Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
  • Alaa Mabrouk Salem Omar
  • Sukrit Narula
    Population Health Research Institute, David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute, 20 Copeland Ave, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada.
  • Hemant Kulkarni
    M&H Research, LLC, San Antonio, Texas.
  • Jagat Narula
  • Partho P Sengupta
    Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Hypertension, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.