Echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular contractile reserve in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 155-163

  Almeida, Ana Rita ^a   Loureiro, Maria José ^a   Lopes, Liliana ^a   Cotrim, Carlos ^a   Lopes, Luís ^a   Repolho, Débora ^a   Pereira, Hélder ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Contractile reserve; Exercise echocardiography; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REST; RIGHT VENTRICULAR CONTRACTILE RESERVE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VELOCITY; YOUNG ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901626854     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.repc.2013.09.015     Document Type: Article

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