The prognostic value of the mitral diastolic filling velocity ratio for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in African Americans: the atherosclerotic Risks in Communities (ARIC) study

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2006.04.014 Byline: Ervin R. Fox (a)(b)(c), Hui Han (a)(b)(c), Herman A. Taylor (a)(b)(c), Ulysses C. Walls (c), Tandaw Samdarshi (b)(c), Thomas N. Skelton (a)(b)(c), Jun Pan (c), Donna Arnett (d) Abstract: Although recent data suggest that the mitral diastolic early-to-late (E/A) ratio may be prognostic in selected population-based cohorts, its predictive value for morbidity and mortality in African Americans has not yet been well studied. Author Affiliation: (a) NHLBI's Atherosclerotic Risk in Communities Study, Jackson, MS (b) NHLBI's Jackson Heart Study, Jackson, MS (c) The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216 (d) The University of Alabama in Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 Article History: Received 5 August 2005; Accepted 13 April 2006 Article Note: (footnote) The ARIC Study is a collaborative study supported by National Institutes of Health-National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute contracts N01-HC-55015, N01-HC-55016, N01-HC-55018, N01-HC-55019, N01-HC-55020, N01-HC-55021, and N01-HC-55022; 5R01-NS 17950 (EJB).