Open AccessNon-invasive estimation of pulmonary vascular resistance in patients of pulmonary hypertension in congenital heart disease with unobstructed pulmonary flow
Author(s) -
Arindam Pande,
Achyut Sarkar,
Imran Ahmed,
GS Naveen Chandra,
Shailesh Patil,
Chanchal Kumar Kundu,
R.C. Arora,
Ajanta Samanta
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.132475
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , vascular resistance , pulmonary hypertension , confidence interval , doppler echocardiography , blood pressure , hemodynamics , diastole
Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) is a critical and essential parameter during the assessment and selection of modality of treatment in patients with congenital heart disease accompanied by pulmonary arterial hypertension.