Estimation of the systolic pulmonary arterial pressure using contrast-enhanced continuous-wave Doppler in patients with trivial tricuspid regurgitation

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-320

  Tokushima, Takashi ^a   Utsunomiya, Toshinori ^a   Yoshida, Kazuyo ^a   Ogawa, Toshihiro ^a   Kido, Keiko ^a   Ohtsubo, Yoshihiko ^a   Ryu, Toshihiro ^a   Ogata, Toru ^a   Tsuji, Shinsuke ^a   Matsuo, Shuzo ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous wave Doppler; Contrast enhancement; Physiological tricuspid regurgitation; Pulmonary arterial pressure

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; CONTRAST MEDIUM; INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; SYSTOLE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0032997969     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.40.311     Document Type: Article

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