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Reliance on end-expiratory wedge pressure leads to misclassification of pulmonary hypertension.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Aug 2014
LeVarge Barbara L, Pomerantsev Eugene, Channick Richard N
Abstract excerpt
Current guidelines recommend measurement of pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP) at end-expiration. However, this recommendation is not universally followed and may not be physiologically appropriate. We investigated the performance of end-expiratory PAWP in the evaluation of precapillary pulmo...
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