Noninvasive evaluation of systolic pressures of pulmonary artery and right ventricle using contrast-enhanced Doppler echocardiography: Comparative study using sonicated albumin or glucose solution

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-180

  Ishii, M ^a   Kato, H ^a   Inoue, O ^a   Takagi, J ^a   Akagi, T ^a   Miyake, T ^a   Sugimura, T ^a   Maeno, Y ^a   Hashino, K ^a   Kawano, T ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albumin; Contrast Doppler echocardiography; Pulmonary artery pressure; Right ventricle pressure; Tricuspid regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBUMINS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; SYSTOLE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 9344255440     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002469900037     Document Type: Article

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