Clinical correlates and reference intervals for pulmonary artery systolic pressure among echocardiographically normal subjects

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 2797-2802

  McQuillan, Brendan M ^a   Picard, Michael H ^a   Leavitt, Marcia ^a   Weyman, Arthur E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Echocardiography; Hypertension; Obesity; Pulmonary; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035808004     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc4801.100076     Document Type: Article

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