Changes of cardiac structure and function in pediatric patients with high altitude pulmonary hypertension in Tibet

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-252

  Ge, Ri Li ^a   Ru Yan, Ma ^b   Hai Hua, Bao ^a   Xi Peng, Zhao ^a   Hai Ning, Qi ^b  

^a QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Qinghai Provincial Women's and Children's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Heart failure; High altitude; Hypoxemia; MRI; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricular hypertrophy; Tibetan

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ALTITUDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; TIBET; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 70349505731     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2009.0001     Document Type: Article

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