TY - JOUR AU - Daskalov, Ivaylo Rilkov AU - Daskalova, Ivona Kirilova AU - Demirevska, Lilia Davidkova AU - Atzev, Borislav Georgiev PY - 2013 DA - 2013/10/26 TI - The relationship between mitral annular systolic velocity and ejection fraction in patients with preserved global systolic function of the left ventricle JO - BMC Cardiovascular Disorders SP - 92 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between the ejection fraction (EF) and the mitral annular systolic velocity (Sm) in patients with preserved left ventricular systolic function (EF>55%). The study task was to evaluate whether the assessment of Sm(avg) can be used as an alternative to the Simpson’s method in assessment of the EF. The expected benefit was that Sm could be used to predict EF, when EF is difficult to assess due to poor image quality (IQ). SN - 1471-2261 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-13-92 DO - 10.1186/1471-2261-13-92 ID - Daskalov2013 ER -