Accuracy of Doppler-echocardiographic mean pulmonary artery pressure for diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension.

Accuracy of Doppler-echocardiographic mean pulmonary artery pressure for diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension.

BACKGROUND: The validity of Doppler echocardiographic (DE) measurement of systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP) has been questioned. Recent studies suggest that mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) might reflect more accurately the invasive pressures. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: 241 patient...

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Main Authors: Fikret Er, Stefan Ederer, Amir M Nia, Evren Caglayan, Kristina M Dahlem, Nasser Semmo, Natig Gassanov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3003692?pdf=render

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