© 2003 by European Society of Cardiology
Copyright © 2003, The European Society of Cardiology
Effect of intensive diuretic treatment over right ventricular behaviour: evidence provided from colour and pulsed-wave Doppler echocardiography
Instituto Cardiovascular, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
* Address correspondence to: Raúl Moreno, Instituto Cardiovascular, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Martin Lagos, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain. raulmorenog@terra.es
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Doppler acceleration at the left ventricular outflow tract or within the left ventricular cavity is frequent, especially in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy[1]. Acceleration within the right ventricle is less common, but it has been observed in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and right ventricle involvement,