Evaluation of right atrial function using right atrial speckle tracking analysis in patients with pulmonary artery hypertension

BACKGROUND: In patients with pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH), right ventricular pressure overload eventually causes right heart failure (RHF), leading to a poor prognosis. Right atrial (RA) overload and RA dysfunction occur in patients with PAH-complicated RHF. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated RA functi...

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Autores principales: Sakata, Konomi, Uesugi, Yoichiro, Isaka, Aoi, Minamishima, Toshinori, Matsushita, Kenichi, Satoh, Toru, Yoshino, Hideaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Japan 2015
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Original Investigation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4779791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26613742
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12574-015-0270-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4779791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26613742
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12574-015-0270-4

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