FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: method involves carrying out tissular Doppler echocardiographic examination in rest state. Segmental change of isovolumetric relaxation time (ivrt) of the left ventricle is studied. The ivrt value being equal to 47 ms or smaller, high risk of cardiac insufficiency is predicted.
EFFECT: high accuracy of diagnosis.
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Dates
2006-02-20—Published
2004-07-13—Filed