Left ventricular function in gestational hypertension: Serial echocardiographic study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-91

  Vlahović Stipac, Alja ^a   Stankić, Vera ^b   Popović, Zoran B ^c   Putniković, Biljana ^a   Nešković, Aleksandar N ^a  

^a Clinical Hospital Center Zemun   (Serbia)

^b University Clinic of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Narodni Front   (Serbia)

^c Heart and Vascular Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449177350     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2009.168     Document Type: Article

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