Pseudodyskinesis-A Novel Mechanism for Abnormal Motion of the Heart's Diaphragmatic Wall

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1294.e5-1294.e6

  Vennalaganti, Prashanth R ^a   Ostfeld, Robert J ^a   Malhotra, Divya ^a   Doddamani, Sanjay ^a   Gordon, Garet M ^a   Spevack, Daniel M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; DIAPHRAGM; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART SOUND; HEART VALVE; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER DISEASE; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; PSEUDODYSKINESIS; PULSE RATE; SYSTOLE; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

EID: 33748792809     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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