Frequency and severity of tricuspid regurgitation determined by Doppler echocardiography in primary pulmonary hypertension

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1033-1037

  Hinderliter, Alan L ^a   Willis IV, Park W ^b   Long, Walker A ^b   Clarke, William R ^b   Ralph, David ^b   Caldwell, Edgar J ^b   Williams, William ^b   Ettinger, Neil A ^b   Hill, Nicholas S ^b   Summer, Warren R ^b   De Boisblanc, Bennett ^b   Koch, Gary ^b   Li, Shu ^b   Clayton, Linda M ^b   Jöbsis, Maria M ^b   Crow, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTACYCLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INDEX; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 0037446217     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00136-X     Document Type: Article

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