Functional tricuspid regurgitation in patients with pulmonary hypertension: Is pulmonary artery pressure the only determinant of regurgitation severity?

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-121

  Mutlak, Diab ^a   Aronson, Doron ^a   Lessick, Jonathan ^a   Reisner, Shimon A ^a   Dabbah, Salim ^a   Agmon, Yoram ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Rambam Health Care Campus ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Pulmonary hypertension; Tricuspid regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 58249113828     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0277     Document Type: Article

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