Doppler echocardiography inaccurately estimates right ventricular pressure in children with elevated right heart pressure

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 163-171

  Groh, Georgeann K ^a   Levy, Philip T ^a   Holland, Mark R ^b   Murphy, Joshua J ^a   Sekarski, Timothy J ^a   Myers, Craig L ^a   Hartman, Diana P ^a   Roiger, Rebecca D ^c   Singh, Gautam K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Doppler echocardiography; Right ventricle; Tricuspid regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELEVATED RIGHT HEART PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RIGHT HEART CATHETERIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

CHILDREN; DE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PASP; PULMONARY ARTERY SYSTOLIC PRESSURE; RA; RHC; RIGHT ATRIAL; RIGHT HEART CATHETERIZATION; RIGHT VENTRICLE; RIGHT VENTRICULAR; RIGHT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC PRESSURE; RV; RVSP; SBP; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TR; TRICUSPID REGURGITATION;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 84893674967     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.09.016     Document Type: Article

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