Safety of right heart catheterization for pulmonary hypertension in very elderly patients
Right heart catheterization (RHC) is the reference test in diagnosing pulmonary hypertension (PH). The increasing age of patients at the time of diagnosis raises the issue of the morbidity of this invasive test in elderly individuals. We hypothesized that the morbidity associated with RHC would be i...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Pulmonary Circulation |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2045894018799272 |