Abnormal right ventricular myocardial strain generation in mild pulmonary hypertension

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 615-622

  López Candales, Angel ^a   Rajagopalan, Navin ^a   Dohi, Kaoru ^a   Gulyasy, Beth ^a   Edelman, Kathy ^a   Bazaz, Raveen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyssynchrony; Echocardiography; M mode; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricular function; Strain imaging; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 34250758047     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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