Differentiation of the Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension in Rheumatic Heart Disease by Simultaneous Right and Left Heart Catheterization

Pulmonary vascular disease, mitral valve block, left heart failure, or any combination of these factors may cause pulmonary hypertension. Right heart catheterization alone, in rheumatic heart disease, cannot differentiate among these possibilities. Right and left heart catheterization is of great ai...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 1958-05, Vol.33 (5), p.513-532
Hauptverfasser:	SAMET, PHILIP, BERNSTEIN, WILLIAM H., LITWAK, ROBERT S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cardiac Catheterization Catheterization Humans Hypertension Hypertension, Pulmonary Old Medline Rheumatic Heart Disease - complications
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