%0 Journal Article
%T Right ventricular function in patients with heart failure in a cardiac clinic in Southwest Nigeria
%A Adeseye A. Akintunde
%J Archive of "Nigerian Medical Journal : Journal of the Nigeria Medical Association".
%D 2017
%R 10.4103/0300-1652.218411
%X Right ventricular (RV) function is an important entity in heart failure. Patients with RV dysfunction (RVD) have poorer prognosis and exercise tolerance than those with preserved RV systolic function. Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) has been proposed as a simple and reproducible parameter for the qualitative assessment of RV systolic function/ejection fraction (EF). This study aims at describing RV function/RVD among heart failure patients in a specialized cardiac facility in Southwestern Nigeria
%K Clinical correlates
%K heart failure
%K prevalence
%K right heart
%K right ventricular dysfunction
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5715568/