Quantitative evaluation of chronic pulmonary thromboemboli by multislice CT compared with pulsed Tissue Doppler Imaging and its relationship with brain natriuretic peptide

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 505-512

  Shiina, Yumi ^a   Funabashi, Nobusada ^a   Fujikawa, Ayako ^a   Lee, Kwangho ^a   Sekine, Tai ^a   Uehara, Masae ^a   Mikami, Yoko ^a   Tanabe, Nobuhiro ^a   Kuriyama, Takayuki ^a   Komuro, Issei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain natriuretic peptide; Chronic pulmonary thromboemboli; Multislice CT; Pulsed Tissue Doppler Imaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 55549087219     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.07.073     Document Type: Article

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