Paradoxical inferior-posterior wall systolic expansion in patients with end-stage liver disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 626-629

  Raisinghani, Ajit ^a   Mahmud, Ehtisham ^a   Sadeghi, Mehrdad ^a   Peters, Barry ^a   Strachan, G Monet ^a   Huynh, Thao ^a   Blanchard, Daniel ^a   DeMaria, Anthony ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTOLE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036498856     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)02313-X     Document Type: Article

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