TY - CHAP AU - Vasilios Papaioannou AU - Ioannis Pneumatikos ED - Richard M. Fleming Y1 - 2011-07-05 PY - 2011 T1 - The use of Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion and Tissue Doppler Imaging Velocities for the Estimation of Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Function in Mechanically Ventilated Patients N2 - Since the introduction of Doppler Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology and Coronary CT imaging, clinicians and researchers have been searching for ways to improve their use of these important tools in both the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. To keep up with cutting edge improvements in these fields, experts from around the world have come together in this book to provide the reader with the most up to date information to explain how, why and when these different non-invasive imaging tools should be used. This book will not only serve its reader well today but well into the future. BT - Establishing Better Standards of Care in Doppler Echocardiography, Computed Tomography and Nuclear Cardiology SP - Ch. 2 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/20895 DO - 10.5772/20895 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-27 ER -