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Revision as of 17:16, 30 September 2009
In medicine, pulmonary hypertension is "increased vascular resistance in the pulmonary circulation, usually secondary to heart diseases or lung diseases."[1]
Diagnosis
The echocardiogram may be more than 10 mm/Hg in error in half of cases.[2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Pulmonary hypertension (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Fisher MR, Forfia PR, Chamera E, et al (April 2009). "Accuracy of Doppler echocardiography in the hemodynamic assessment of pulmonary hypertension". Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 179 (7): 615–21. DOI:10.1164/rccm.200811-1691OC. PMID 19164700. Research Blogging.