Proper reading of pulmonary artery vascular pressure tracings

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1196-1198

  Magder, S ^a   Verscheure, Sara ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CIRCULATION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; THORAX PRESSURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG VOLUME; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE;

EID: 84925379776     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201408-1526LE     Document Type: Letter

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