Thermodilution and Fick cardiac outputs differ: Impact on pulmonary hypertension evaluation

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 261-266

  Fares, Wassim H ^a   Blanchard, Sarah K ^b   Stouffer, George A ^b   Chang, Patricia P ^b,c   Rosamond, Wayne D ^c   Ford, Hubert James ^b   Aris, Robert M ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac catheterization; Fick cardiac output; Oxygen consumption; Pulmonary hypertension; Thermodilution; Tricuspid regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THERMODILUTION; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 84865161591     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/261793     Document Type: Article

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