Tissue doppler velocities of the right and left ventricles and their association with C-reactive protein and homocysteine levels in Behcet's disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1739-1742

  Topal, Ergun ^a   Ozdemir, Ramazan ^a   Aksoy, Yüksel ^a   Acikgoz, Nusret ^a   Ermis, Necip ^a   Sincer, Isa ^a   Akturk, Erdal ^a   Ozcan, Bülent ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTOLE; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 29044434192     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.07.099     Document Type: Article

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