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...

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Main Authors: Marylise Ginoux, Vincent Cottin, Jean-Charles Glérant, Julie Traclet, François Philit, Agathe Sénéchal, Jean-Francois Mornex, Ségolène Turquier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-09-01
Series:Pulmonary Circulation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2045894018799272