Haemodynamic quantification of different provocation manoeuvres by simultaneous measurement of right and left atrial pressure: Implications for the echocardiographic detection of persistent foramen ovale

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 88-93

  Pfleger, S ^a   Konstantin Haase, K ^a   Stark, S ^a   Latsch, A ^a   Simonis, B ^a   Scherhag, A ^a   Schumacher, ^a   Voelker, W ^b   Borggrefe, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Haemodynamic; Persistent foramen ovale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MALE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; STANDARD; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; TIME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; COUGH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTUM; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0034921864     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euje.2000.0052     Document Type: Article

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