Right ventricular contractile reserve is markedly impaired and correlates with exercise capacity in pulmonary arterial hypertension: A dobutamine stress echocardiography study

E. Lau, P. Munoz, T. Sharma, P. Choudhary, D. Celermajer (Sydney, Australia)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Pulmonary hypertension: right ventricular function, exercise and gas exchange
Session: Pulmonary hypertension: right ventricular function, exercise and gas exchange
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 4844
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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E. Lau, P. Munoz, T. Sharma, P. Choudhary, D. Celermajer (Sydney, Australia). Right ventricular contractile reserve is markedly impaired and correlates with exercise capacity in pulmonary arterial hypertension: A dobutamine stress echocardiography study. Eur Respir J 2014; 44: Suppl. 58, 4844

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