Uppermost blood levels of the right and left atria in the supine position: Implication for measuring central venous pressure and pulmonary artery wedge pressure

Anesthesiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 260-263

  Seo, Jeong Hwa ^b   Jung, Chul Woo ^b   Bahk, Jae Hyon ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547581063     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000270720.67307.fa     Document Type: Article

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