Accuracy of Doppler-Estimated Pulmonary Vascular Resistance in Patients Before Liver Transplantation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-262

  Farzaneh Far, Ramin ^a   McKeown, Barry H ^a   Dang, Dan ^b   Roberts, John ^a   Schiller, Nelson B ^a   Foster, Elyse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ST MARY S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUTOFF VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH OUTPUT HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PORTOPULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRICUSPID REGURGITANT VELOCITY; VELOCITY TIME INTEGRAL;

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 37549008713     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.07.086     Document Type: Article

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