Bedside assessment of left atrial pressure in critical care: a multifaceted gem

Abstract Evaluating left atrial pressure (LAP) solely from the left ventricular preload perspective is a restrained approach. Accurate assessment of LAP is particularly relevant when pulmonary congestion and/or right heart dysfunction are present since it is the pressure most closely related to pulm...

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Main Authors: Emma Maria Bowcock, Anthony Mclean
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-08-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-022-04115-9