Doppler echocardiography reliably predicts pulmonary artery wedge pressure in patients with chronic heart failure with and without mitral regurgitation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 883-893

  Pozzoli, Massimo ^a   Capomolla, Soccorso ^a   Pinna, Gianni ^a   Cobelli, Franco ^a   Tavazzi, Luigi ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029919485     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00553-6     Document Type: Article

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