MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES AND DIASTOLIC CHARACTERISTICS OF RIGHT VENTRICLE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE EVALUATED BY DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is characterized by significant long-term airway obstruction associated with the impaired inflammatory response, represents a progressive disease disturbing the structure and function of the heart, finally leading to cor pulmonale (CP). Pulmonary v...
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Language: | English |
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University in Nis, Faculty of Medicine
2005-12-01
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Series: | Acta Medica Medianae |
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Online Access: | http://publisher.medfak.ni.ac.rs/2005-html/4-broj/MORFOLOSKE%20PROMENE.....pdf |