Pulmonary Artery Acceleration Time Provides a Reliable Estimate of Invasive Pulmonary Hemodynamics in Children

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1056-1065

  Levy, Philip T ^a,b   Patel, Meghna D ^a   Groh, Georgeann ^a   Choudhry, Swati ^a   Murphy, Joshua ^c   Holland, Mark R ^d   Hamvas, Aaron ^e   Grady, Mark R ^a   Singh, Gautam K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Atlantic Health   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Pediatrics; Pulmonary artery acceleration time; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY ACCELERATION TIME; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RR INTERVAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDITY; ACCELERATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION STUDY; INFANT; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ACCELERATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84994393188     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2016.08.013     Document Type: Article

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