Abstract
An echocardiographic study of right ventricular myocardial contractility in 123 patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis (COB) confirmed the suggestion that in COB patients symptoms of right ventricular failure (cyanosis, acrocyanosis, crural edema, dilated liver) may have extracardiac origin. In echocardiographic diagnosis of right ventricular failure one should measure the speed of the anterior wall movements in the systole, diastole and ejection fraction.
MeSH terms
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Analysis of Variance
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Bronchitis / complications
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Bronchitis / diagnostic imaging*
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Bronchitis / physiopathology
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Chronic Disease
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Echocardiography / instrumentation
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Echocardiography / methods
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Echocardiography / statistics & numerical data
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Myocardial Contraction
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Respiratory Insufficiency / complications
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Respiratory Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
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Respiratory Insufficiency / physiopathology
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnostic imaging*
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / etiology
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / physiopathology