The right ventricle under pressure: Evaluating the adaptive and maladaptive changes in the right ventricle in pulmonary arterial hypertension using echocardiography (2013 Grover conference series)

Pulmonary Circulation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-47

  Harrison, Alexis ^a   Hatton, Nathan ^a   Ryan, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Right heart failure; Right ventricular function; Three dimensional echocardiography; Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026338520     PISSN: 20458932     EISSN: 20458940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679699     Document Type: Review

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