The Relationship Between Pulmonary Artery and Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Background Left heart disease and pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) both lead to raised pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) but differ in pathophysiology, prognosis and treatment. There are currently no criteria for diagnosing PVD in the presence of left heart disease. We therefore studied the relationsh...

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Veröffentlicht in:Heart, lung & circulation lung & circulation, 2010-01, Vol.19 (1), p.38-42
Hauptverfasser: Ilsar, Rahn, MBBS, BSc(Med), Bailey, Brian P., MBBS, Dobbins, Timothy A., PhD, Celermajer, David S., DSc
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