Epidemiology of Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Failure in Left Heart Failure

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 428-435

  Thenappan, Thenappan ^a   Gomberg Maitland, Mardi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Prognosis; Pulmonary venous hypertension; Right ventricular dysfunction; Valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

COMPLICATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84933503743     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-014-0216-6     Document Type: Review

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