Echocardiographic determination of mean pulmonary artery pressure

Amr E Abbas; F David Fortuin; Nelson B Schiller; Christopher P Appleton; Carlos A Moreno; Steven J Lester

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.08.037

Echocardiographic determination of mean pulmonary artery pressure

Am J Cardiol. 2003 Dec 1;92(11):1373-6. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.08.037.

Authors

Amr E Abbas¹, F David Fortuin, Nelson B Schiller, Christopher P Appleton, Carlos A Moreno, Steven J Lester

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA. aabbas@beaumont.edu

PMID: 14636929
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.08.037

Abstract

We performed a simultaneous Doppler and invasive study to validate the role of Doppler-derived peak pulmonary regurgitant velocity as a reliable noninvasive measure of pulmonary artery mean pressure. Assessment of right atrial pressure, as shown in this study, enhances the use of this Doppler parameter as a correlate of pulmonary artery mean pressure.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color*
Female
Hemodynamics
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
Linear Models
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology