Validity of the right ventricular Doppler index for assessment of severity of congestive heart failure in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 232-239

  Izumi, Chikako ^a   Kibira, Satoshi ^a   Watanabe, Hiroyuki ^a   Nakagawa, Masayasu ^b   Wen, Susheng ^a   Fujii, Hiroko ^a   Saito, Takashi ^a   Matsuoka, Hitoshi ^a   Miura, Mamoru ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Akita City General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; Doppler time interval; Heart failure; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0033504796     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01747852     Document Type: Article

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