Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 7 , Pages 820-822 , July 2009

Stepping Away From Ritual Right Heart Catheterization Into the Era of Noninvasively Measured Pulmonary Artery Pressure

  • Bryan Ristow, MD

      Affiliations

    • California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Bryan Ristow, MD, California Pacific Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, San Francisco, CA 94115.
    • ,
  • Nelson B. Schiller, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

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PII: S0894-7317(09)00528-8

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.05.023

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 7 , Pages 820-822 , July 2009

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