DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE IN THE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND COR PULMONALE ECHO DOPPLER EVALUATION

Cor pulmonale is a serious and long-term disease. The most imoportant etiologic factor is COPD. Patients with COPD and the right ventricle (RV) hypertrophy, besides diastolic dysfunction of RV, had disturbances in diastolic characteristics of the left ventricle (LV), which was the result of hypertro...

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Main Authors: Milan Radovic, Milivoje Zivkovic, Milan Pavlovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University in Nis, Faculty of Medicine 2006-01-01
Series:Acta Medica Medianae
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Online Access:http://publisher.medfak.ni.ac.rs/2006-html/1-broj/Dijastolna%20disfunkcija...pdf