Right ventricular infarction: Contribution of echocardiography to diagnosis and management

Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-306

  Jugdutt, Bodh I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inferior infarction; RV asynergy; RV infarction; Two dimensional echo

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ASYNERGY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032914028     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1999.tb00818.x     Document Type: Article

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