Determination of right ventricular dysfunction using the speckle tracking echocardiography method in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-139

  Altekin, Refik Emre ^a   Karakas, Mustafa Serkan ^a   Yanikoglu, Atakan ^a   Ozel, Deniz ^a   Ozbudak, Omer ^a   Demir, Ibrahim ^a   Deger, Necmi ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea; Right ventricle; Speckle tracking echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RELAXATION TIME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84879511170     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: 1898018X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/CJ.2012.0024     Document Type: Article

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