Deceleration time of systolic pulmonary venous flow: A new clinical marker of left atrial pressure and compliance

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 685-689

  Hunderi, J O ^a   Thompson, C R ^b   Smiseth, O A ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Left atrial compliance; Left ventricular end diastolic pressure; Pulmonary venous flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DECELERATION; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SYSTOLE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPLIANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY VEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646368955     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00705.2005     Document Type: Article

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