Noninvasive evaluation of right ventricle systolic pressure during dynamic exercise by saline-enhanced Doppler echocardiography in progressive systemic sclerosis

Angiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 467-474

  Mininni, Simone ^a   Diricatti, Gaetano ^a   Vono, Maria Concetta ^a   Giglioli, Cristina ^a   Margheri, Massimo ^a   Olivo, Giuseppe ^a   Gensini, Gianfranco ^a   Galanti, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG PRESSURE; MALE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0030007262     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979604700505     Document Type: Article

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