Echocardiography in pulmonary arterial hypertension: An essential tool

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 339-341

  Bossone, Eduardo ^a,b   Citro, Rodolfo ^a,c   Blasi, Francesco ^a,b   Allegra, Luigi ^a,b  

^a Fondazione ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c San Luca Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCREENING TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33847133101     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2475     Document Type: Editorial

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