Assessment of right ventricular systolic function by tissue doppler echocardiography

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Kjærgaard, Jesper ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; RIGHT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC FUNCTION; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

EID: 84873197950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
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