Echocardiographic assessment and clinical management of tricuspid regurgitation

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 258-264

  Bhave, Nicole M ^a,b   Ward, R Parker ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3D echocardiography; Doppler echocardiography; Echocardiography; Tricuspid regurgitation; Tricuspid valve

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; PROSTACYCLIN; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL;

ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRICUSPID ANNULOPLASTY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TRICUSPID VALVE REPAIR; TRICUSPID VALVE REPLACEMENT;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 79955882525     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-011-0180-7     Document Type: Article

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