The right ventricle: Anatomy, physiology and clinical imaging

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1510-1515

  Sheehan, Florence ^a,c   Redington, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; VENOUS RETURN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 54349122611     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.132779     Document Type: Review

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