Echo-Doppler evaluation of left ventricular impairment in chronic cor pulmonale

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1446-1451

  Schena, Miriam ^a,b   Clini, Enrico ^a   Errera, Donatella ^a   Quadri, Armido ^a  

^a Medical Center of Gussago (BS)   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

chronic cor pulmonale; echo Doppler evaluation; left ventricular filling

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COR PULMONALE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0029899224     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.6.1446     Document Type: Article

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