Evidence for Early Right Ventricular and Septal Mechanical Activation (Interventricular Dyssynchrony) in Pulmonary Hypertension

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1273-1277

  Schwartz, Daniel J ^a   Kop, Willem J ^a   Park, Myung H ^a   Vesely, Mark R ^a   Li, Shuying ^a   Mehra, Mandeep R ^a   Gottdiener, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 54549097002     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.06.062     Document Type: Article

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