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...
Main Authors: | Daniela Calderaro, José Leonidas Alves Junior, Caio Júlio César dos Santos Fernandes, Rogério Souza |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)
2019-10-01
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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 |
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