Echocardiography of the pulmonary circulation and right ventricular function

Chest

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1071-1078

  D'Andrea, Antonello ^a   Naeije, Robert ^b   Grünig, Ekkehard ^c   Caso, Pio ^a   D'Alto, Michele ^a   Palma, Enza Di ^a   Nunziata, Luigi ^a   Riegler, Lucia ^a   Scarafile, Raffaella ^a   Cocchia, Rosangela ^a   Vriz, Olga ^d   Citro, Rodolfo ^e   Calabrò, Raffaele ^a   Russo, Maria Giovanna ^a   Bossone, Eduardo ^f  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d S Antonio Hospital   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO E RUGGI D ARAGONA   (Italy)

^f IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPH; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY SYSTOLIC PRESSURE; RIGHT VENTRICLE FRACTIONAL AREA CHANGE; RIGHT VENTRICLE TISSUE DOPPLER PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID ANNULAR PLANE SYSTOLIC EXCURSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899797469     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-3079     Document Type: Article

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