title: Echocardiographic determination of mean pulmonary artery pressure.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA. aabbas@beaumont.edu
authors.forename: Amr E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Abbas
authors.forename: F David
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Fortuin
authors.forename: Nelson B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Schiller
authors.forename: Christopher P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Appleton
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology