Use of echocardiography in the management of congestive heart failure in the community
Michele Senni, MD*,
Richard J. Rodeheffer, MD, FACC*,
Christophe M. Tribouilloy, MD, PhD*,
Jonathan M. Evans, MD ,
Steven J. Jacobsen, MD, PhD ,
Kent R. Bailey, PhD and
Margaret M. Redfield, MD, FACC*
* Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Division of Community Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

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Figure 1 Survival curves for No-Echocardiography (A) and Echocardiography (B) groups compared with their respective age- and gender-matched normal control subjects.
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Figure 2 Survival after adjustment for age, New York Heart Association functional class and gender for No-Echocardiography and Echocardiography groups.
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