Right ventricular involvement in patients with coronary artery disease

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 456-463

  Rambihar, Sherryn ^a   Dokainish, Hisham ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; echocardiography; noninvasive imaging; right ventricle

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77955469199     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32833c7bf5     Document Type: Review

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