Usefulness of the second heart sound for predicting pulmonary hypertension in patients with interstitial lung disease

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: P2 hyperphonesis is considered to be a valuable finding in semiological diagnoses of pulmonary hypertension (PH). The aim here was to evaluate the accuracy of the pulmonary component of second heart sounds for predicting PH in patients with interstitial lung disease. DESIGN...

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Main Authors: Sandra de Barros Cobra, Rayane Marques Cardoso, Marcelo Palmeira Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802016000100034&lng=en&tlng=en