The right ventricle: The role of Doppler echocardiography in clinical practice;Il ventricolo destro: Il ruolo dell'ecocardiografia Doppler nella pratica clinica

Italian Heart Journal Supplement

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 757-769

  Dini, Frank Lloyd ^a   Galderisi, Maurizio ^b   Mondillo, Sergio ^c   De Tommasi, Salvatore Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echo Doppler; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SYSTOLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 16644362908     PISSN: 15903796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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