Current practice for determining pulmonary capillary wedge pressure predisposes to serious errors in the classification of patients with pulmonary hypertension

American Heart Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 589-594

  Ryan, John J ^a   Rich, Jonathan D ^a   Thiruvoipati, Thejasvi ^a   Swamy, Rajiv ^b   Kim, Gene H ^a   Rich, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84860142442     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.01.024     Document Type: Article

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