Right ventricular function in acute pulmonary embolism: A combined assessment by three-dimensional and speckle-tracking echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 329-338

  Vitarelli, Antonio ^a   Barillà, Francesco ^a   Capotosto, Lidia ^a   D'Angeli, Ilaria ^a   Truscelli, Giovanni ^a   De Maio, Melissa ^a   Ashurov, Rasul ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Pulmonary embolism; Right ventricular function; Speckle tracking echocardiography; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; SPECKLE-TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84896704420     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.11.013     Document Type: Article

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