Severity of left ventricular remodeling defines outcomes and response to therapy in heart failure: Valsartan heart failure trial (Val-HeFT) echocardiographic data.

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on June 02, 2004

Authors

Maylene Wong1, Lidia Staszewsky, Roberto Latini, Simona Barlera, Robert Glazer, Nora Aknay, Allen Hester, Inder Anand, Jay N Cohn

Author Affiliations

1: Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, and David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90073, USA. maylene.wong@med.va.gov

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