Right ventricular function by strain echocardiography

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 430-436

  La Gerche, Andre ^a   Jurcut, Ruxandra ^b   Voigt, Jens Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

contractility; load; right ventricle; strain rate imaging

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VALVE DISEASE; REVIEW; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 77955471988     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32833b5f94     Document Type: Review

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