Poor Correlation of Estimated Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure Between Echocardiography and Right Heart Catheterization in Patients Awaiting Cardiac Transplantation: Results From the Clinical Arena

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3827-3830

  Attaran, R R ^a   Ramaraj, R ^a   Sorrell, V L ^a   Movahed, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTOLE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 71749100844     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.06.201     Document Type: Article

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