Estimating pulmonary artery pressures by echocardiography in patients with emphysema

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 914-921

  Fisher, M R ^a,g   Criner, G J ^b   Fishman, A P ^c   Hassoun, P M ^d   Minai, O A ^f   Scharf, S M ^e   Fessler, H E ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Emphysema; Lung volume reduction surgery; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38849141028     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00033007     Document Type: Article

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