Evaluation of Right Ventricular Function by Tissue Doppler Echocardiography in Asthmatic Children

BackgroundAsthma is the most chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways in children and asthmatic patients can experience cardiac dysfunction, pulmonary hypertension and finally cor pulmonale later in life. We aimed to investigate Right Ventricular (RV) functions in asthmatic children by conventio...

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Main Authors: Mehdi Ghaderian, Sayed Javad Seyedi, Tooba Momen, Zahra Zadi, Mohsen Reisi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2016-11-01
Series:International Journal of Pediatrics
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Online Access:http://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_7856_ac459a96ab8787b9a973568ab66e0848.pdf