A critical appraisal of transpulmonary and diastolic pressure gradients

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) resulting from left heart failure is an increasingly recognized clinical entity. To distinguish isolated postcapillary PH from combined post‐ and precapillary PH, the use of a diastolic pressure gradient (DPG = diastolic Pulmonary Artery Pressure − Pulmonary Arterial Wedg...

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Main Authors: Handoko, M. Louis, De Man, Frances S., Oosterveer, Frank P. T., Bogaard, Harm‐Jan, Vonk‐Noordegraaf, Anton, Westerhof, Nico
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5027345/