Utility of echocardiography in assessment of pulmonary hypertension secondary to COPD

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 350-355

  Higham, M A ^a   Dawson, D ^a   Joshi, J ^a   Nihoyannopoulos, P ^a   Morrell, N W ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive; Doppler echocardiography; Pulmonary disease; Secondary pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CALCULATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GAS DIFFUSION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREDICTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0034960517     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.01.17303500     Document Type: Article

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