Doppler echocardiographic assessment of diastolic ventricular function: Transmitral and pulmonary venous flow indices

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-103

  Hahn, Harvey S ^a   Hoit, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Diastole; Doppler; Heart failure; Pulmonary vein flow; Transmitral flow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN;

EID: 0032827212     PISSN: 10589813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-9813(99)00023-5     Document Type: Article

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