Blood pressure response to the Valsalva Maneuver: A simple bedside test to determine the hemodynamic basis of pulmonary hypertension

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1352-1353

  Forfia, Paul R ^a   Opotowsky, Alexander R ^b   Ojeda, Jason ^b   Rogers, Frances ^b   Arkles, Jeffrey ^b   Liu, Tong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETTER; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERMODILUTION; THORAX PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 77957350399     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.095     Document Type: Letter

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