Non-invasive estimation of right atrial pressure by combined doppler echocardiographic measurements of the inferior vena cava in patients with congestive heart failure

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 684-690

  Capomolla, S ^a   Febo, O ^a   Caporotondi, A ^a   Guazzotti, G ^a   Gnemmi, M ^a   Rossi, A ^a   Pinna, G D ^a   Maestri, R ^a   Cobelli, F ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Doppler echocardiography; Right atrial pressure

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0033742547     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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