Comparison of 16-multidetector-row computed tomography and angiocardiography for evaluating the central pulmonary artery diameter and pulmonary artery index in children with congenital heart disease

The efficacy of using pulmonary vein wed

The efficacy of using pulmonary vein wedge pressure for the estimation of pulmonary artery pressure in children with congenital heart disease

✍ Manatomo Toyono; Kenji Harada; Masamichi Tamura; Kenji Yasuoka; Tomomi Oyama; Go 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 105 KB 👁 3 views

## Abstract The objectives of this study were to assess the accuracy of pulmonary vein wedge pressure (PVWP) in estimating pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) in various types of congenital heart disease, including single‐ventricle physiology. The systolic, diastolic, and mean values of both PAPs and P