Utility of tissue Doppler imaging in predicting outcome in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
BACKGROUND: There are limited reports in the literature concerning right ventricular (RV) performance in patients with non end-stage idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) who exhibit mild to moderate pulmonary hypertension (PH). We evaluated RV functional impairment in such a cohort using both conven...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2007
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