Accuracy of echocardiography and chest tomography for pulmonary hypertension screening in patients awaiting lung transplantation
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the accuracy of a pulmonary hypertension screening strategy based on a combination of echocardiographic data and tomographic measurements (pulmonary artery diameter and pulmonary artery diameter to ascending aorta diameter ratio) in patients with chronic lung disease...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
2021-12-01
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Series: | Einstein (São Paulo) |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082021000100256&tlng=en |