The age of the patient should be taken into account when interpreting Doppler assessed pulmonary artery pressures

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-73

  Dib, Jean Claude ^a   Abergel, Eric ^a   Rovani, Catherine ^a   Raffoul, Hanna ^a   Diebold, Benoit ^a  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0030636010     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(97)80035-1     Document Type: Article

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