Altered early left ventricular diastolic wall velocities in pulmonary hypertension: A tissue doppler study

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1159-1166

  López Candales, Angel ^a   Bazaz, Raveen ^a   Edelman, Kathy ^a   Gulyasy, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Left ventricular diastolic function; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricular areas; Right ventricular function; Tissue Doppler imaging; Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SINUS RHYTHM; SPIKE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 72849111128     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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