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Right Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Is Common in Hypertensive Heart Failure: A Prospective Study in Sub-Saharan Africa

INTRODUCTION: Right ventricular (RV) systolic dysfunction is now recognized widely as a strong and independent predictor of adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). Reduction of RV systolic function more closely predicts impaired exercise tolerance and poor survival than does left ventr...

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Autores principales: Ojji, Dike B., Lecour, Sandrine, Atherton, John J., Blauwet, Lori A., Alfa, Jacob, Sliwa, Karen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4830610/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27073856
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153479