Echocardiographic assessment of raised pulmonary vascular resistance: Application to diagnosis and follow-up of pulmonary hypertension

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2005-2009

  Dahiya, Arun ^a,b   Vollbon, William ^a,b   Jellis, Christine ^a,c   Prior, David ^c   Wahi, Sudhir ^a,b   Marwick, Thomas ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 78649938068     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.204834     Document Type: Article

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