Noninvasive estimation of right atrial pressure from the inspiratory collapse of the inferior vena cava

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 493-496

  Kircher, Barbara J ^a,b   Himelman, Ronald B ^a,b   Schiller, Nelson B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Division of Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RESPIRATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0025102102     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(90)90711-9     Document Type: Article

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