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Echocardiographic Approaches and Protocols for Comprehensive Phenotypic Characterization of Valvular Heart Disease in Mice
Published on: February 14, 2017
[Assessment of left ventricular diastolic pressure with Doppler echocardiography]
A Boussuges1, M Codde, P Blanc
1Service de réanimation médicale, hôpital Salvator, 249, boulevard de Sainte-Marguerite, 13274 Marseille, France. aboussuges@mail.ap-hm.fr
Abstract:
Transthoracic echocardiography is able to provide immediate and relevant information in case of respiratory failure. The authors report a case of congestive heart failure with normal systolic function. Transmitral and pulmonary venous flow velocities have been used to assess left ventricular filling pressure and diastolic function.
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