Accuracy of Doppler-Echocardiographic Mean Pulmonary Artery Pressure for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension

BACKGROUND: The validity of Doppler echocardiographic (DE) measurement of systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP) has been questioned. Recent studies suggest that mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) might reflect more accurately the invasive pressures. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: 241 patient...

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Autores principales: Er, Fikret, Ederer, Stefan, Nia, Amir M., Caglayan, Evren, Dahlem, Kristina M., Semmo, Nasser, Gassanov, Natig
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3003692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21179417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015670

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3003692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21179417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015670

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