Left ventricular diastolic function in pregnancy-induced hypertension

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 246-251

  De Conti, Fabio ^a   Da Cortà, Rita ^a   Del Monte, Daniele ^a   Catena, Vincenzo ^a   Berton, Giuseppe ^b   Mormino, Paolo ^c   Pecoraro, Luciano ^a   Piovesana, Piergiuseppe ^a  

^a Camposampiero Hospital   (Italy)

^b ULSS 2 Marca Trevigiana   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diastole; Echocardiography; Hypertension; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; LABETALOL; METHYLDOPA; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DELIVERY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MITRAL VALVE; MORPHOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SYSTOLE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TIME; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LABETALOL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0038235280     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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