Echocardiographic assessment in a patient with vasoreactive pulmonary hypertension

Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 419-425

  Fadel, Bahaa M ^a   Al Mahdi, Bader ^a   Al Admawi, Mohammad ^a   Fathala, Ahmed ^a   Amri, Mohammed Al ^a   Alsoufi, Bahaaldin ^a   Salvo, Giovanni Di ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

echocardiography; pulmonary hypertension; pulmonary vasoreactivity; strain strain rate

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM; ILOPROST; NIFEDIPINE; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84875803494     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12091     Document Type: Article

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