Atrial septal defect in adults: Echocardiography and cardiopulmonary exercise capacity associated with hemodynamics before and after surgical closure

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 488-492

  Suchon, Elzbieta ^a   Tracz, Wieslawa ^a   Podolec, Piotr ^a   Sadowski, Jerzy ^a  

^a Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny Im Jana Pawła II   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adults; Atrial septal defect; Cardiopulmonary capacity; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30844453623     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2004.101451     Document Type: Article

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