Evaluation of left ventricular function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with or without pulmonary hypertension

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common entity in clinical practice. Development of right ventricular hypertrophy and eventual right side heart failure is also common in such patients. However, some disturbance in left ventricular (LV) function has been observed among su...

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Main Authors: Rabab A. El Wahsh, Mahmoud K. Ahmed, Rehab I. Yaseen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-10-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813001805