Exercise echocardiography in pulmonary hypertension

European Heart Journal, Supplement

Volumn 9, Issue H, 2007, Pages

  Vachiéry, Jean Luc ^a   Pavelescu, Adriana ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Exercise echocardiography; Exercise testing; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricular function

Indexed keywords

EID: 49449114925     PISSN: 1520765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/sum022     Document Type: Article

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