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Advanced Imaging Tools Rather Than Hemodynamics Should Be the Primary Approach for Diagnosing, Following, and Managing Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is currently defined based on invasive measurements: a resting pulmonary artery pressure ≥ 25 mm Hg. For pulmonary arterial hypertension, a pulmonary arterial wedge pressure ≤ 15 mm Hg and pulmonary vascular resistance > 3 Wood units are also required. Thus, right hear...

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Autores principales: Gerges, Mario, Gerges, Christian, Lang, Irene M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pulsus Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4397191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25840101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2015.01.019