Correlation of Echocardiographic and Hemodynamic Parameters in Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment Prior to Heart Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3023-3024

  Mogollon Jimenez M V ^a   Escoresca Ortega, A M ^a   Cabeza Letran M L ^a   Hinojosa Perez R ^a   Lage Galle E ^a   Sobrino Marquez J M ^a   Herruzo Aviles A ^a   Romero Rodriguez N ^a   Frutos Lopez M ^a   Perez de la Yglesia R ^a   Martinez Martinez A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SAFETY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 55749091429     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.09.044     Document Type: Article

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