IL Timofte, I Faruqi, C Robin… - American Journal of …, 2011 - Am Thoracic Soc Rationale: Thousands of patients are referred every year for a right heart catheterization (RHC) to confirm suspected pulmonary arterial hypertension based on an echo-cardiogram. A large percentage of these patients have left ventricular dysfunction with increased ... All 3 versions
CF Barnett… - Chest, 2011 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org Since the 1979 National Institutes of Health registry, a PCWP ≤ 15 mm Hg has been accepted as a requirement for diagnosing PAH by professional societies and for entrance into clinical trials of PAH. 3 Of 2,967 subjects in the REVEAL Registry, 239 (8%) had a PCWP > 15 mm Hg, ...
[HTML] from hindawi.comM Ahmad - Anesthesiology Research and Practice, 2011 - hindawi.com Background. Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) is a mode of mechanical ventilation that theoretically believed to improve cardiac output by lowering right atrial pressure. However, hemodynamic parameters have never been formally assessed. Methods. ... Related articles - Cached - All 10 versions
F Parent, D Bachir, J Inamo… - … England Journal of …, 2011 - Mass Medical Soc ... Among the 24 patients with confirmed pulmonary hypertension, the pulmonary-capillarywedge pressure was 15 mm Hg or less (indicating precapillary pulmonary hypertension) in 11 patients. ... Pulmonary-capillarywedgepressure (mm Hg) 11±3 16±7 <0.001 10±3 21±5 ... Cited by 2 - Related articles - All 2 versions
RP Tofts, H Zaitoun, R Schwartz… - American Journal of …, 2011 - Am Thoracic Soc ...PulmonarycapillaryWedgePressure ≤15mmHg (PCWP) distinguishes PH PH due to Left ventricular disease from other kinds of PH (including Group I or PAH). N-terminal pro-brain natriureteic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a reliable indicator of right and left ventricular overload. ... All 3 versions