High prevalence of occult pulmonary venous hypertension revealed by fluid challenge in pulmonary hypertension

Determining the cause for pulmonary hypertension is difficult in many patients. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is differentiated from pulmonary venous hypertension (PVH) by a wedge pressure (PWP)>15 mm Hg in PVH. Patients undergoing right heart catheterization for evaluation of pulmonary h...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Circulation. Heart failure 2014-01, Vol.7 (1), p.116-122
Hauptverfasser:	Robbins, Ivan M, Hemnes, Anna R, Pugh, Meredith E, Brittain, Evan L, Zhao, David X, Piana, Robert N, Fong, Pete P, Newman, John H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Cardiac Catheterization - methods Cohort Studies Dehydration - therapy Diagnosis, Differential Diagnostic Errors - prevention & control Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Female Fluid Therapy - adverse effects Fluid Therapy - methods Hemodynamics - physiology Humans Hypertension, Pulmonary - diagnosis Hypertension, Pulmonary - epidemiology Hypertension, Pulmonary - physiopathology Male Middle Aged Prevalence Pulmonary Wedge Pressure - physiology Retrospective Studies Risk Factors
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