One hundred patients admitted to a cardiac care unit had indirect serial determinations of left
ventricular systolic ejection times. Patients were divided into groups with transmural …

The phases of systole were measured in 51 patients with acute myocardial infarction and
three control groups:(1) a group of 40 patients without heart disease,(2) a group of 23 …

Fifty-one patients with acute myocardial infarction had serial measurements of left ventricular
systolic time intervals by indirect methods. Patients were divided into Group I without left ven …

Systolic time intervals corrected for heart rate were studied serially in 50 patients with acute
myocardial infarction (AMI) 1, 5, and 20 days after the onset of symptoms from …

Simultaneous determinations of systolic time intervals (preejection period index [PEPI], left
ventricular ejection time index [LVETI] and ratio of preejection period to left ventricular …

This study tested the hypothesis that left ventricular global performance as assessed from
systolic time intervals provides a prognostic indicator in patients with coronary artery …

Sixty-six consecutive patients with a history of previous myocardial infarction and 48 patients
with angina pectoris without evidence of previous myocardial infarction, all of whom had …

An indirect estimate of the contractility index, max LV dP/dt/LVEDP, has been examined in
32 patients following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and in three patients with acute …

The prognostic significance of left ventricular ejection fraction measurements obtained at the
bedside was assessed in 171 patients as soon as possible after acute myocardial infarction …

Systolic time intervals (STI) were measured simultaneously with left ventricular pressure,
right atrial pressure, and cardiac output in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) …