Right ventricular dysfunction in chronic dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-11

  Brieke, Andreas ^a   DeNofrio, David ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Prognosis; Ventricle; Ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; THERMODILUTION;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 14044273688     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200502000-00002     Document Type: Review

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