Right-heart function related to the results of acute pulmonary vasodilator testing in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension caused by connective tissue disease.

Liu, Yong-Tai

Right-heart function related to the results of acute pulmonary vasodilator testing in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension caused by connective tissue disease. [electronic resource] - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography Mar 2012 - 274-9 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1097-6795

10.1016/j.echo.2011.11.007 doi


Adult
Connective Tissue Diseases--complications
Exercise Test
Female
Hemodynamics
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary--diagnostic imaging
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Prospective Studies
ROC Curve
Systole
Time Factors
Ultrasonography, Doppler--instrumentation
Vascular Resistance--physiology
Vasodilation--drug effects
Vasodilator Agents--therapeutic use
Ventricular Function, Right--physiology