Zero reference level for right heart catheterisation

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1586-1594

  Kovacs, Gabor ^a   Avian, Alexander ^a   Olschewski, Andrea ^a   Olschewski, Horst ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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Indexed keywords

1/3 THORACIC DIAMETER BELOW ANTERIOR THORAX SURFACE; 10 CM ABOVE TABLE LEVEL; 5 CM BELOW ANTERIOR THORAX SURFACE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MID THORACIC LEVEL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ZERO REFERENCE LEVEL;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84890092196     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00050713     Document Type: Article

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