Right ventricular function in patients with pulmonary hypertension; The value of myocardial performance index measured by tissue Doppler imaging

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 719-724

  Zimbarra Cabrita, Inês ^a   Ruisanchez, Cristina ^b   Dawson, David ^c   Grapsa, Julia ^c   North, Bernard ^d   Howard, Luke S ^c   Pinto, Fausto J ^e   Nihoyannopoulos, Petros ^a   Gibbs, J Simon R ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Doppler tissue imaging; Myocardial performance index; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 77956854985     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq051     Document Type: Article

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