A simple echocardiographic prediction rule for hemodynamics in pulmonary hypertension

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 765-775

  Opotowsky, Alexander R ^a,b,c   Ojeda, Jason ^c   Rogers, Frances ^a   Prasanna, Vikram ^a   Clair, Mathieu ^b   Moko, Lilamarie ^b   Vaidya, Anjali ^a   Afilalo, Jonathan ^d   Forfia, Paul R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart failure; Hemodynamics; Pulmonary heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872242171     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.976654     Document Type: Article

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