Is the left atrial v wave the determinant of peak pulmonary artery pressure in patients with pure mitral stenosis?

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 986-991

  Ha, Jong Won ^a   Chung, Namsik ^a   Jang, Yangsoo ^a   Kang, Woong Chul ^a   Kang, Seok Min ^a   Rim, Se Joong ^a   Shim, Won Heum ^a   Cho, Seung Yun ^a   Kim, Sung Soon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034655525     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00915-7     Document Type: Article

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