Geometry of the right heart and tricuspid regurgitation to exclude elevated pulmonary artery pressure: New insights

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 3866-3871

  De Meester, Pieter ^a   Van De Bruaene, Alexander ^a   Herijgers, Paul ^a   Voigt, Jens Uwe ^a   Delcroix, Marion ^a   Budts, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Pulmonary acceleration time; Pulmonary hypertension; Right heart; Tricuspid regurgitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM SIZE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; ADULT; ECHOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84886235393     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.06.031     Document Type: Article

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