Pulmonary hypertension: Echocardiographic assessment

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 840-845

  Sciomer, Susanna ^a   Badagliacca, Roberto ^a   Fedele, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler; Echocardiography; Prognosis; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 33644688041     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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