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Evaluation of Right Ventricular Function: Radioisotopic Techniques

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Cardiopulmonary Interactions in Acute Respiratory Failure

Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ((UICM,volume 2))

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Over the past ten years, the evaluation of right ventricular (RV) function and infarction has considerably evolved by the application of nuclear medicine techniques. These techniques are non-invasive, allow repetitive evaluations and provide physiological informations that often cannot be obtained by other noninvasive methods.

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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean Louis Vincent (Assistant-Director) (Assistant-Director)

  2. Department of Surgical Intensive Care, University Hospital of Geneva, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland

    Peter M. Suter (Director) (Director)

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Legrand, V., Rigo, P. (1987). Evaluation of Right Ventricular Function: Radioisotopic Techniques. In: Vincent, J.L., Suter, P.M. (eds) Cardiopulmonary Interactions in Acute Respiratory Failure. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83010-5_8

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