Reduced compliance of left ventricle

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 225-228

  Guarracino, F ^a   Lapolla, F ^a   Danella, A ^a   Stefani, M ^a   Volpe, M L ^a   Gemignani, R ^a  

^a CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diastole; Echocardiography; Heart, physiology

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOSE CALCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MITRAL VALVE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OPERATING ROOM; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTOLE; THORACIC CAVITY;

COMPLIANCE; DIASTOLE; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 3142684668     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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