Right ventricular regional and global systolic function is diminished in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: A 2-dimensional ultrasound speckle tracking echocardiography study

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 545-551

  Li, Yuman ^a   Xie, Mingxing ^a   Wang, Xinfang ^a   Lu, Qing ^a   Fu, Manli ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

2 dimensional speckle tracking; Echocardiography; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL LONGITUDINAL PEAK SYSTOLIC STRAIN; GLOBAL LONGITUDINAL PEAK SYSTOLIC STRAIN RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL PEAK SYSTOLIC STRAIN; LONGITUDINAL PEAK SYSTOLIC STRAIN RATE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879552471     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-012-0114-5     Document Type: Article

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