Predictors of diastolic-to-wedge gradient in patients evaluated for pulmonary hypertension.

Predictors of diastolic-to-wedge gradient in patients evaluated for pulmonary hypertension.

BACKGROUND:Differentiation of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and pulmonary venous hypertension (PVH) often requires right heart catheterization (RHC). We sought to determine whether a combination of clinical and echocardiographic variables could predict the pulmonary diastolic to wedge (PAd-P...

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Main Authors: Evan L Brittain, Meredith E Pugh, Li Wang, Alex L Newman, Ivan M Robbins, John H Newman, Anna R Hemnes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3790694?pdf=render

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