Evaluation of a Noninvasive System for Determining Left Ventricular Filling Pressure | Zendy

G.V.R.K. Sharma | Zendy; Patricia Woods | Zendy; Costas T. Lambrew | Zendy; Claire M. Berg | Zendy; Daniel A. Pietro | Zendy; Thomas P. Rocco | Zendy; Frederick W. Welt | Zendy; Peter Sacchetti | Zendy; Kevin M. McIntyre | Zendy

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Evaluation of a Noninvasive System for Determining Left Ventricular Filling Pressure

Author(s) -

G.V.R.K. Sharma,

Patricia Woods,

Costas T. Lambrew,

Claire M. Berg,

Daniel A. Pietro,

Thomas P. Rocco,

Frederick W. Welt,

Peter Sacchetti,

Kevin M. McIntyre

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.162.18.2084

Subject(s) - preload , pulmonary wedge pressure , cardiology , ventricular pressure , medicine , catheter , cardiac catheterization , heart failure , hemodynamics , surgery

Measurement of left ventricular filling pressure (LVFP) provides an accurate assessment of left ventricular failure. Clinical and radiographic methods of estimating LVFP are unreliable. The noninvasive method of analyzing the decline in the arterial pressure during the strain phase of the Valsalva maneuver may be used to directly measure LVFP.

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