Normal range of mechanical variables in pulmonary hypertension: A tissue doppler imaging study

Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 864-872

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricular function; Strain; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 51349128656     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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