Echocardiographic evaluation of ventricular function in young adults with bronchial asthma

Background: Bronchial asthma (BA) is a common chronic inflammatory condition affecting the airways. Bronchial asthma not only affects the lung but also affects other organs including the heart. Right ventricular (RV) hypertrophy and dilation and left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction were obser...

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Main Authors: Mohamed E. Abdalla, Hamdy Abd El Azeem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813000563