Echocardiographic evaluation of pulmonary artery pressure with clinical correlates in predominantly obese adults

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 454-462

  Weyman, Arthur E ^a   Davidoff, Ravin ^b   Gardin, Julius ^c   Ryan, Thomas ^d   St John Sutton, Martin ^e   Weissman, Neil J ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036584129     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.114912     Document Type: Article

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