Echocardiography versus right heart catheterization in class I pulmonary hypertension

It has been agreed that pulmonary hypertension should be determined by right heart catheterization. However, being invasive and refused by many patients, echocardiography was thought to be a reasonable substitute to determine a solid diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension. So fourteen patients...

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Main Authors: R.I.M. El-Korashy, Y.M. Amin, A.I. Eissa, T.S. Thabet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-04-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813003063