Right Ventricular Functional Improvement after Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program in Patients with COPD Determined by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography

Right Ventricular Functional Improvement after Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program in Patients with COPD Determined by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography

Abstract Background: Although right ventricular (RV) dysfunction in pulmonary diseases has been associated with increased morbidity, tools for RV dysfunction identification are not well defined. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the magnitude of RV dysfunction by means of speckle tr...

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Main Authors: Batur Gonenc Kanar, Ipek Ozmen, Elif Ozari Yildirim, Murat Ozturk, Murat Sunbul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2018-08-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Subjects:
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / rehabilitation
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / rehabilitation
Echocardiography / methods
Strain, Speckle Tracking
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