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. 2003 Nov;89(Suppl 3):iii24–iii28. doi: 10.1136/heart.89.suppl_3.iii24

Screening for left ventricular dysfunction in the community: role of hand held echocardiography and brain natriuretic peptides

R Senior, G Galasko, J McMurray, J Mayet
PMCID: PMC1876302  PMID: 14594872

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Prevalence of left ventricular systolic dysfunction (left ventricular ejection fraction < 50%), according to age group.3

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Scatter plot (left panel) and Bland-Altman plot (right panel) comparing portable echocardiography with traditional echocardiography in assessing left ventricular ejection fraction.21

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Scatter plot (left panel) and Bland-Altman Plot (right panel) showing inter-observer reproducibility for hand held echocardiography device.21

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ROC comparing sensitivity and specificity of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) differentiating chronic cardiac failure (CCF) versus non-CCF.34

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Patient pathways for diagnosis of left ventricular systolic dysfunction. BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; MI, myocardial infarction; NT BNP, N terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide.

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