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SUBMITTER: Schneider M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5889411 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schneider Matthias M Pistritto Anna Maria AM Gerges Christian C Gerges Mario M Binder Christina C Lang Irene I Maurer Gerald G Binder Thomas T Goliasch Georg G
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging 20171211 5
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a disease with severe morbidity and mortality. Echocardiography plays an essential role in the screening of PH. The quality of the acquired continuous wave Doppler signal is the major limitation of the method and can greatly affect the accuracy of estimated pulmonary pressures. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical need to image from multiple ultrasound windows in patients with suspected pulmonary hypertension. We prospectively evaluated 65 patients (4 ...[more]