Usefulness of transcutaneous Doppler jugular venous echo to predict pulmonary hypertension in COPD patients [2]

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 382-383

  Burgess, M I ^a   Bright Thomas, R ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOW RATE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; LETTER; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; JUGULAR VEINS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0036181211     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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