Advantages of real time three-dimensional echocardiography in the assessment of right ventricular volumes and function in patients with pulmonary hypertension compared with conventional two-dimensional echocardiography

Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 820-828

  Di Bello, Vitantonio ^a   Conte, Lorenzo ^a   Delle Donne, Maria Grazia ^a   Giannini, Cristina ^a   Barletta, Valentina ^a   Fabiani, Iacopo ^a   Palagi, Caterina ^a   Nardi, Carmela ^a   Dini, Frank Lloyd ^a   Marconi, Letizia ^a   Paggiaro, Pierluigi ^a   Palla, Antonio ^a   Marzilli, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

pulmonary hypertension; Real time 3D echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84880924096     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12137     Document Type: Article

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