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Editorial
. 2011 Sep;4(5):541-5.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.111.963785.

What is the prognostic significance of pulmonary hypertension in heart failure?

Neal A Chatterjee, Gregory D Lewis
Editorial

What is the prognostic significance of pulmonary hypertension in heart failure?

Neal A Chatterjee et al. Circ Heart Fail. 2011 Sep.
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Diagnostic framework for pulmonary hypertension in HF. mPAP, mean pulmonary artery pressure; PCWP, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance; PH, pulmonary hypertension. There are not widely established cut-points to define PVR and TPG elevation in HF, but PVR >3 Wood units.
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