Independent prognostic information provided by sphygmomanometrically determined pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure in patients with left ventricular dysfunction
Michael J. Domanski, MD, FACC*,
Gary F. Mitchell, MD ,
James E. Norman, PhD ,
Derek V. Exner, MD*,
Bertram Pitt, MD, FACC and
Marc A. Pfeffer, MD, PhD, FACC
* Clinical Trials Group, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Division of Cardiology, Brigham and Womens Hospital and the Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Office of Biostatistics Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Division of Cardiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

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Figure 1 Survival by quartiles of pulse pressure adjusted for age and ejection fraction.
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