Stress echocardiography in the evaluation of exercise physiology in patients with severe arterial pulmonary hypertension. New methodology;Ecocardiografia de esforço na avaliação da fisiopatologia de doentes com hipertensão arterial pulmonar grave. Nova metodologia

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1451-1460

  Cotrim, Carlos ^a,b   Simões, Otília ^a   Loureiro, Maria José ^a   Cordeiro, Pedro ^a   Lopes, Luís ^a   Almeida, Sofia ^a   Ialá, Mário ^a   Miranda, Rita ^a   Carrageta, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^b NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Exercise echocardiopraphy; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CELIAC DISEASE; CHRONOTROPISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISOTONIC EXERCISE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33644760190     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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