Effects of age and pulmonary arterial hypertension on the different phases of right atrial function

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 703-710

  Willens, Howard J ^a,b,c   Fertel, Debra P ^a   Qin, Jianxin ^a   Labrador, Eugenio ^a   Lowery, Maureen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Right atrial function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM ACTIVE EMPTYING FRACTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM ACTIVE EMPTYING VOLUME; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PASSIVE EMPTYING FRACTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PASSIVE EMPTYING VOLUME; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM SYSTOLIC FILLING VOLUME; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 51049113696     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9306-4     Document Type: Article

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