Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Liver Cirrhosis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 279-284

  Finucci, G ^a   Desideri, A ^b   Sacerdoti, D ^b   Bolognesi, M ^b   Merkel, C ^b   Angeli, P ^b   Gatta, A ^b  

^a Istituto di Medicina Clinica Padova   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Doppler echocardiography; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCITES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0029937604     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529609004879     Document Type: Article

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