Right Ventricular Dyssynchrony in Heart Failure: A Tissue Doppler Imaging Study

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 263-267

  Rajagopalan, Navin ^a   Dohi, Kaoru ^a   Simon, Marc A ^a   Suffoletto, Matthew ^a   Edelman, Kathy ^a   Murali, Srinivas ^a   López Candales, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Pulmonary hypertension; Strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 33646180890     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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