Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 12 , Pages 1368-1374 , December 2009

Value of Estimated Right Ventricular Filling Pressure in Predicting Cardiac Events in Chronic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

  • Hiroto Utsunomiya, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Satoshi Nakatani, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Satoshi Nakatani, MD, PhD, Department of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-7 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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  • Morikazu Nishihira, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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  • Hideaki Kanzaki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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  • Shingo Kyotani, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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  • Norifumi Nakanishi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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  • Yasuki Kihara, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Masafumi Kitakaze, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan

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PII: S0894-7317(09)00805-0

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.08.023

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 12 , Pages 1368-1374 , December 2009

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