Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging provides a direct evaluation of RV size, morphology and function, and allows noninvasive assessment of blood flow including stroke volume, CO, distensibility of PA, and RV mass [6]. Cardiac magnetic resonance data may be used to evaluate right heart haemodynamics particularly for follow-up purposes. A decreased stroke volume, an increased RV end-diastolic volume, and a decreased LV end-diastolic volume measured at baseline are associated with a poor prognosis. Among the triad of prognostic signs, increased RV end-diastolic volume may be the most appropriate marker of progressive RV failure in the follow-up [7].
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SSPH Research Prize 2012
Deadline for submission: April 30, 2012
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Symposium "pulmonal-arterielle Hypertension im Kindesalter"
Donnerstag, 10. Mai 2012, 16.00-18.00, Bern
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5th International Congress of the Swiss Society of Pulmonary Hypertension (SSPH)
28.-29. September 2012, Thun, Congress Hotel Seepark Thun
Informationen: www.imk.ch/sgph2012
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