Open AccessClinical Correlates of Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure
Author(s) -
Robert P. Blankfield
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.0000025827.27036.48
Subject(s) - medicine , hypoxemia , cardiology , pulmonary artery , obstructive sleep apnea , pulmonary hypertension , blood pressure , body mass index , obesity
To the Editor:In their study of echocardiographically normal subjects, Dr McQuillan et al demonstrated an independent association of age, male sex, and body mass index (BMI) with elevated pulmonary artery systolic pressures (PASPs).1The authors suggested that the correlation between increased BMI and increased PSAP …
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