Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure in mitral stenosis accurately reflects mean left atrial pressure but overestimates transmitral gradient

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 512-515

  Hildick Smith, David J R ^a   Walsh, John T ^a   Shapiro, Leonard M ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033951311     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00785-7     Document Type: Article

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