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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Main Authors: Luiza Helena Degani-Costa, João Paulo de Assis, Pedro Paulo Pisaniello Gonçalves, Fernanda Gushken, Gilberto Szarf, José Eduardo Afonso Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2021-12-01
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082021000100256&tlng=en