Imaging Techniques and the Evaluation of the Right Heart and the Pulmonary Circulation;Técnicas de imagen en la evaluación del corazón derecho y la circulación pulmonar

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-223

  Sanz, Javier ^a   Fernández Friera, Leticia ^a   Moral, Sergio ^b  

^a Henry R Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health Facultad de Medicina Mount Sinai Nueva York Esta   (United States)

^b Departamento de Cardiología Hospital Universitario Dr Josep Trueta Girona España   (Spain)

Author keywords

Imaging; Pulmonary circulation; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LUNG CIRCULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76749155356     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(10)70039-7     Document Type: Article

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