Echocardiographic evaluation of right heart function and pulmonary vascular bed

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 689-697

  Cacciapuoti, Federico ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D echocardiography; M D echocardiography; Pulmonary hypertension (PH); Right ventricular function; RV myocardial performance index; Strain rate imaging; Tissue doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE DP-DT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STRAIN RATE IMAGING; HEART STRESS; HEART VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG FUNCTION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 69249215190     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-009-9478-6     Document Type: Review

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