Low pulse pressure as a poor-man's indicator of a low cardiac index in patients with severe cardiac dysfunction

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 315-321

  Petrie, Colin J ^a   Damman, Kevin ^b   Jhund, Pardeep S ^c   Hillege, Hans L ^b   Van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^b   Voors, Adriaan A ^b  

^a MONKLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiac index; heart failure; pulse pressure

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PULSE PRESSURE; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEMODYNAMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84898452040     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: 15582035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328365b51e     Document Type: Article

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