Assessment of right ventricular function using tissue doppler imaging in infants with pulmonary hypertension

Neonatology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-199

  Patel, Neil ^a   Mills, John F ^b   Cheung, Michael M H ^c  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Neonatology ^*

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diaphragmatic hernia; Newborn infant; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricle; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 65449125912     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000215585     Document Type: Article

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