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[Pulmonary hypertension: definition, diagnostic and new classification].
Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) - 1 Sept 2014
Seferian Andrei, Simonneau Gérald
Abstract excerpt
Pulmonary hypertension (PH): mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) ≥ 25 mm Hg on right heart catheterization at rest. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH): mPAP ≥ 25 mm Hg, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) ≤ 15 mm Hg and pulmonary vascular resistances (PVR) >3 Wood units. Patients with compatible symptoms (exertional dyspnea, syncopes, signes of right heart failure) can show signs of PH on cardiac...
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