The role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of patients with pulmonary hypertension

European Respiratory Review

Volumn 19, Issue 118, 2010, Pages 288-299

  Habib, G ^b   Torbicki, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Prognosis; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART OUTPUT MEASUREMENT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650381946     PISSN: 09059180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09059180.00008110     Document Type: Article

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