Shape of the right ventricular outflow Doppler envelope and severity of pulmonary hypertension
Author(s) -
Angel LópezCandales,
Kathy Edelman
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2047-2412
pISSN - 2047-2404
DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jer235
Subject(s) - pulmonary hypertension , medicine , cardiology , doppler effect , ventricular outflow tract , pulmonary artery , doppler echocardiography , receiver operating characteristic , radiology , blood pressure , diastole , physics , astronomy
It is now well known that timing of right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) spectral Doppler signals change with increasing pulmonary hypertension severity. We devised a study to determine whether visual assessment of these RVOT Doppler signals can be useful identifying the severity of pulmonary hypertension.
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