Practical recommendations on the use of echocardiography to assess pulmonary arterial hypertension - A Belgian expert consensus endorsed by the Working Group on Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-69

  Lancellotti, Patrizio ^a   Budts, Werner ^b   de Wolf, Daniel ^c   Voigt, Jens Uwe ^b   Pasquet, Agnes ^d   de Sutter, Johan ^e   Friart, Alain ^f   Huez, Sandrine ^g   Paelinck, Bernard ^h   Vachiéry, Jean Luc ^g   Badano, Luigi ⁱ   Van Camp, Guy ^j   Magne, Julien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^e Maria Middelares Hospital   (Belgium)

^f Tivoli University Hospital   (Belgium)

^g ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^h ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC IMAGING; CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART INDEX; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; VEIN OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875588345     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: 03737934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/ac.68.1.2959633     Document Type: Review

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