Right Ventricular Function Assessed by Two-Dimensional Strain and Tissue Doppler Echocardiography in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Effect of Vasodilator Therapy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 530-534

  Borges, Adrian C ^a   Knebel, Fabian ^a   Eddicks, Stephan ^a   Panda, Alexander ^b   Schattke, Sebastian ^a   Witt, Christian ^a   Baumann, Gert ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERAPROST; BOSENTAN; ILOPROST; PROSTANOID; SILDENAFIL; VARDENAFIL; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 33746780016     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.02.060     Document Type: Article

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