Echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary hypertension: Standard operating procedure

European Respiratory Review

Volumn 21, Issue 125, 2012, Pages 239-248

  Howard, Luke S ^a   Grapsa, Julia ^a   Dawson, David ^a   Bellamy, Michael ^a   Chambers, John B ^b   Masani, Navroz D ^c   Nihoyannopoulos, Petros ^a   Gibbs, J Simon R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Prognosis; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRELAND; LUNG PRESSURE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84865800306     PISSN: 09059180     EISSN: 16000617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09059180.00003912     Document Type: Review

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