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Echocardiography and heart failure
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Abbreviations and acronyms
BEST
Beta-blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial
CHF
congestive heart failure
EROA
effective regurgitant orifice area
HF
heart failure
LV
left ventricle/ventricular
LVEF
left ventricular ejection fraction
MR
mitral regurgitation
NYHA
New York Heart Association
SAVE
Survival And Ventricular Enlargement trial
SOLVD
Studies Of Left Ventricular Dysfunction trial
Val-HeFT
Valsartan in Heart Failure Trial
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This work was supported by the Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program, through an interagency agreement. Additional support was provided by Dr. Grayburn's K24 award (5 K24 HL03980-06). Dr. Itzhak Kronzon served as Guest Editor for this article.
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