Echocardiographic and right heart catheterization techniques in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 294-303

  Celermajer, David S ^a   Marwick, Tom ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Right heart catheterization

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REST; REVIEW; VELOCITY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC OUTPUT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 40949102247     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.04.184     Document Type: Review

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