Left ventricular dysfunction with pulmonary hypertension part 2: Prognosis, noninvasive evaluation, treatment, and future research

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 584-593

  Kalogeropoulos, Andreas P ^a   Georgiopoulou, Vasiliki V ^a   Borlaug, Barry A ^b   Gheorghiade, Mihai ^c   Butler, Javed ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSENTAN; SILDENAFIL;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART IGHT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HEART FAILURE; OUTCOMES; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PROGNATHISM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84879235464     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.112.000096     Document Type: Article

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