Right ventricular dysfunction in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1472-1487

  Gorter, Thomas M ^a   Hoendermis, Elke S ^a   van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^a   Voors, Adriaan A ^a   Lam, Carolyn S P ^b   Geelhoed, Bastiaan ^a   Willems, Tineke P ^a   van Melle, Joost P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; Meta analysis; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; FRACTIONAL AREA CHANGE; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY SYSTOLIC PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRICUSPID ANNULAR PLANE SYSTOLIC EXCURSION; TRICUSPID ANNULAR SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

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

EID: 84988355092     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.630     Document Type: Article

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