Global Longitudinal Strain in Asymptomatic Chronic Aortic Regurgitation: The Missing Piece for the Watchful Waiting Puzzle?

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¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart & Vascular Institute, UPMC, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: cavalcantejl@upmc.edu.

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João L Cavalcante. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 May.

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. 2018 May;11(5):683-685.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2017.04.004. Epub 2017 Jun 14.

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart & Vascular Institute, UPMC, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: cavalcantejl@upmc.edu.

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Keywords: aortic regurgitation; global longitudinal strain; outcomes.

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Incremental Prognostic Utility of Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain in Asymptomatic Patients With Significant Chronic Aortic Regurgitation and Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction.
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