Upper Extremity Peripheral Venous Pressure Measurements Accurately Reflect Pulmonary Artery Pressures in Patients with Cavopulmonary or Fontan Connections

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-19

  Milhoan, K A ^a   Levy, D J ^a   Shields, N ^a   Rothman, A ^a  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fontan procedure; Pulmonary artery pressure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARM PERIPHERAL VENOUS PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CAVOPULMONARY SHUNT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SHUNTING; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN PRESSURE; VENOUS PRESSURE; VENOUS RETURN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELBOW; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HAND; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY ARTERY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0942297987     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-003-0438-y     Document Type: Article

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