Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 7 , Pages 814-819 , July 2009

An Alternative Echocardiographic Method to Estimate Mean Pulmonary Artery Pressure: Diagnostic and Clinical Implications

  • Javier F. Aduen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
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  • Ramon Castello, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ramon Castello, MD, Apex Cardiovascular Group, Florida Physicians Research Associates, 6428 Beach Boulevard, Jacksonville, FL 32216.
    • ,
  • Marcelo M. Lozano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
    • ,
  • George N. Hepler, RDCS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
    • ,
  • Cesar A. Keller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
    • ,
  • Francisco Alvarez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
    • ,
  • Robert E. Safford, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
    • ,
  • Julia E. Crook, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics Unit, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
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  • Michael G. Heckman, MS

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics Unit, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
    • ,
  • Charles D. Burger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida

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 This paper was presented in part at the American Thoracic Society International Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 18-23, 2007.

PII: S0894-7317(09)00367-8

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.04.007

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 7 , Pages 814-819 , July 2009

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