Recommendations on the use of echocardiography in adult hypertension: A report from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) and the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 577-605

  Marwick, Thomas H ^a   Gillebert, Thierry C ^b   Aurigemma, Gerard ^c   Chirinos, Julio ^d   Derumeaux, Genevieve ^e   Galderisi, Maurizio ^f   Gottdiener, John ^g   Haluska, Brian ^h   Ofili, Elizabeth ⁱ   Segers, Patrick ^b   Senior, Roxy ^j,k   Tapp, Robyn J ^l   Zamorano, Jose L ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^f FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ Moorhouse University   (United States)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^m HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Echocardiography; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORTALIDONE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LOSARTAN; NIFEDIPINE; PLACEBO; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXERCISE; GEOMETRY; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART SIZE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL VALUE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK MANAGEMENT; SPORT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; THORAX PAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGE; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84942104331     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jev076     Document Type: Article

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