| Hypertension and primary myocardial disease in congestive cardiac failure. | |
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PMID: 10895236 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This study has tried to use end diastolic diameter the index of chamber dilatation to discriminate between hypertensive heart failure and diluted cardiomyopathy as both conditions are known to overlap in cases of congestive cardiac failure. The sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value was 66.7%, 68% and 66.7% respectively. This means that alone, end diastolic diameter is not a very acute discriminator in cases where an overlap as shown in the figure occurs. It is therefore necessary to use all discriminatory indices in combination to get better accuracy. |
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Authors:
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B N Okeahialam; F I Anjorin |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: African journal of medicine and medical sciences Volume: 26 ISSN: 0309-3913 ISO Abbreviation: Afr J Med Med Sci Publication Date: 1997 Mar-Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2000-08-04 Completed Date: 2000-08-04 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7801013 Medline TA: Afr J Med Med Sci Country: NIGERIA |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 73-4 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Medicine, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Plateau State, Nigeria. |
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Blood Pressure
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physiology Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / complications*, ultrasonography Cohort Studies Diastole Dilatation, Pathologic / ultrasonography Echocardiography Female Heart Failure / etiology* Heart Ventricles / ultrasonography Humans Hypertension / complications*, ultrasonography Male Middle Aged Predictive Value of Tests Sensitivity and Specificity Systole Ventricular Function, Left |
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