Echocardiographic Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension for Pediatricians and Neonatologists
There is a growing awareness of the role that increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) plays in many pathologies; therefore, assessment of pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) is an increasingly requested investigation in the critical care environment. This article will go through the basic concepts...
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| description | There is a growing awareness of the role that increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) plays in many pathologies; therefore, assessment of pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) is an increasingly requested investigation in the critical care environment. This article will go through the basic concepts regarding PAP and PVR, then will go on to outline the various echocardiographic parameters which are used to assess them. Finally, an outline of how to undertake this assessment will be presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1690e93cc5e241e7ae7699085390e1a72022-12-21T23:24:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Pediatrics2296-23602017-09-01510.3389/fped.2017.00168278992Echocardiographic Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension for Pediatricians and NeonatologistsGregory James Skinner0East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United KingdomThere is a growing awareness of the role that increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) plays in many pathologies; therefore, assessment of pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) is an increasingly requested investigation in the critical care environment. This article will go through the basic concepts regarding PAP and PVR, then will go on to outline the various echocardiographic parameters which are used to assess them. Finally, an outline of how to undertake this assessment will be presented.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2017.00168/fullpulmonary hypertensionpulmonary vascular resistanceechocardiographypediatricsneonatology |
| spellingShingle | Gregory James Skinner Echocardiographic Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension for Pediatricians and Neonatologists Frontiers in Pediatrics pulmonary hypertension pulmonary vascular resistance echocardiography pediatrics neonatology |
| title | Echocardiographic Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension for Pediatricians and Neonatologists |
| title_full | Echocardiographic Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension for Pediatricians and Neonatologists |
| title_fullStr | Echocardiographic Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension for Pediatricians and Neonatologists |
| title_full_unstemmed | Echocardiographic Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension for Pediatricians and Neonatologists |
| title_short | Echocardiographic Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension for Pediatricians and Neonatologists |
| title_sort | echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary arterial hypertension for pediatricians and neonatologists |
| topic | pulmonary hypertension pulmonary vascular resistance echocardiography pediatrics neonatology |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2017.00168/full |
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