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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Main Authors: Pitsiou, G, Papadopoulos, C, Karvounis, H, Karamitsos, T, Giannakoulas, G, Efthimiadis, G, Kontakiotis, T, Argiropoulou, P, Parharidis, G
Format: Journal article
Sprog:English
Udgivet: 2007

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