American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 101, Issue 6 , Pages 762-766 , 15 March 2008

Usefulness of Noninvasive Estimate of Pulmonary Vascular Resistance to Predict Mortality, Heart Failure, and Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease (from the Heart and Soul Study)

  • Ramin Farzaneh-Far, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 617-642-8373; fax: 415-376-1175.
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  • Beeya Na, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
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  • Mary A. Whooley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
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  • Nelson B. Schiller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California

Received 15 October 2007 ,Revised 2 November 2007 ,Accepted 2 November 2007.

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 The Heart and Soul Study was supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Epidemiology Merit Review Program) Washington, DC, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program) Princeton, New Jersey, the American Federation for Aging Research (Paul Beeson Faculty Scholars in Aging Research Program) New York, New York, and the Nancy Kirwan Heart Research Fund San Francisco, California.

PII: S0002-9149(07)02224-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.11.010

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 101, Issue 6 , Pages 762-766 , 15 March 2008

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