Diagnostic value of echocardiography in the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Hammerstingl, Christoph ^a   Schueler, Robert ^a   Bors, Lisa ^a   Momcilovic, Diana ^a   Pabst, Stefan ^a   Nickenig, Georg ^a   Skowasch, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECKLE TRACKING ANALYSIS; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84862026657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038519     Document Type: Article

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