Left Ventricular Filling Patterns and Pulmonary Artery Pressures in Patients Aged 90 to 100 Years with Normal Echocardiography Results

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 664-669

  Dokainish, Hisham ^a   Gin, Kenneth ^b   Lee, Pui Kee ^b   Jue, John ^b  

^a BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MITRAL VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PULMONARY ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0042911796     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(03)00227-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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