Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 97-104 , March 2011

Assessment of respiratory mechanics by impulse oscillometry in orthopneic patients with acute left ventricular failure

  • Dionisios G. Spyratos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, G. Papanicolaou Hospital, Exochi, Thessaloniki, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Dionisios G. Spyratos, MD, Department of Pulmonary, G. Papanicolaou Hospital, Exochi, Thessaloniki, 57010, Greece.
    • ,
  • Georg P. Glattki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Karl-Hansen-Klinik, Department of Pneumology, Bad Lippspringe, Germany
    • ,
  • Lazaros T. Sichletidis, MD, FCCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, G. Papanicolaou Hospital, Exochi, Thessaloniki, Greece
    • ,
  • Dimitrios Patakas, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, G. Papanicolaou Hospital, Exochi, Thessaloniki, Greece

Received 11 May 2009 ,Revised 20 April 2010 ,Accepted 18 May 2010.

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 Cite this article: Spyratos, D. G., Glattki, G. P., Sichletidis, L. T., & Patakas, D. (2011, MARCH/APRIL). Assessment of respiratory mechanics by impulse oscillometry in orthopneic patients with acute left ventricular failure. Heart & Lung, 40(2), 97-104. doi:10.1016/j.hrtlng.2010.05.055.

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doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2010.05.055

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 97-104 , March 2011

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