Doppler echocardiography does not accurately estimate pulmonary artery systolic pressure in HIV-infected patients

AIDS

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1967-1969

  Selby, Van N ^a   Scherzer, Rebecca ^a   Barnett, Christopher F ^a   MacGregor, John S ^a   Morelli, Juliana ^a   Donovan, Catherine ^a   Deeks, Steven G ^a   Martin, Jeffrey N ^a,b   Hsue, Priscilla Y ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866736637     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283579653     Document Type: Article

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