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Pulmonary arterial compliance: How and why should we measure it?
The pulmonary circulation is a high-flow/low-pressure system, coupled with a flow generator chamber–the right ventricle–, which is relatively unable to tolerate increases in afterload. A right heart catheterization, using a fluid-filled, balloon-tipped Swan-Ganz catheter allows the measurement of al...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710864/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26779530 http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/gcsp.2015.58 |