Non-invasive estimation of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure by pulmonary venous flow deceleration time

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 162-168

  Olariu, A ^a   Wellnhofer, Ernst ^a   Grafe M ^a   Fleck, E ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Left ventricular end diastolic pressure; Non invasive assessment of the left ventricular end diastolic pressure; Pulmonary venous flow diastolic wave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECELERATION; DIASTOLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RANDOMIZATION; TIME; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DECELERATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 0041409794     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-2167(02)00160-9     Document Type: Article

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