Point: can Doppler echocardiography estimates of pulmonary artery systolic pressures be relied upon to accurately make the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension? Yes.

Subjects

Subjects :

Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary physiopathology
Pulmonary Artery physiopathology
Systole
Echocardiography, Doppler
Hypertension, Pulmonary diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Artery diagnostic imaging

Details

Language :

English

ISSN :

1931-3543

Volume :

143

Issue :

6

Database :

MEDLINE

Journal :

Chest

Publication Type :

Editorial & Opinion

Accession number :

23732579

Full Text :

https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.13-0296