Pulmonary Hypertension in General Cardiology Practice

Abstract The finding of pulmonary hypertension (PH) by echocardiography is common and of concern. However, echocardiography is just a suggestive and non-diagnostic assessment of PH. When direct involvement of pulmonary circulation is suspected, invasive hemodynamic monitoring is recommended to estab...

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Main Authors: Daniela Calderaro, José Leonidas Alves Junior, Caio Júlio César dos Santos Fernandes, Rogério Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2019-10-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2019000900419&tlng=pt