Echocardiographic Indexes for the Non-Invasive Evaluation of Pulmonary Hemodynamics

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-239

  Milan, Alberto ^a   Magnino, Corrado ^a   Veglio, Franco ^a  

^a Hypertension Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary pressures; Pulmonary vascular resistance; Right atrial pressure

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LIVER VEIN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VALVE; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RELAXATION TIME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG DISEASES; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77649142650     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.01.003     Document Type: Review

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