Doppler-derived pulmonary arterial systolic pressure in patients with known systemic arterial pressures

E Abergel; G Chatellier; P Toussaint; J C Dib; J Menard; B Diebold

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(97)89216-8

Doppler-derived pulmonary arterial systolic pressure in patients with known systemic arterial pressures

Am J Cardiol. 1996 Apr 1;77(9):767-9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)89216-8.

Authors

E Abergel¹, G Chatellier, P Toussaint, J C Dib, J Menard, B Diebold

Affiliation

¹ Service de Cardiologie, Centre d'Investigations Cliniques, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France.

PMID: 8651133
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)89216-8

Abstract

In the present study, we evaluated Doppler-derived systolic pulmonary artery pressure in 476 hypertensive patients. Clinical interpretation of systolic pulmonary arterial pressure should take into account age, body size, and systolic blood pressure values.

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Blood Pressure*
Body Constitution
Body Mass Index
Echocardiography, Doppler*
Female
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Hypertension / diagnostic imaging*
Hypertension / physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Obesity / diagnostic imaging
Obesity / physiopathology
Prospective Studies
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Regression Analysis
Systole
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology