Point: can Doppler echocardiography estimates of pulmonary artery systolic pressures be relied upon to accurately make the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension? Yes

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Lawrence G Rudski. Chest. 2013 Jun.

. 2013 Jun;143(6):1533-1536.

doi: 10.1378/chest.13-0296.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. Electronic address: lrudski@jgh.McGill.ca.

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Counterpoint: can Doppler echocardiography estimates of pulmonary artery systolic pressures be relied upon to accurately make the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension? No.
Rich JD. Rich JD. Chest. 2013 Jun;143(6):1536-1539. doi: 10.1378/chest.13-0297. Chest. 2013. PMID: 23732580 No abstract available.
Rebuttal from Dr Rich.
Rich JD. Rich JD. Chest. 2013 Jun;143(6):1540-1541. doi: 10.1378/chest.13-0298. Chest. 2013. PMID: 23732582 No abstract available.
Response.
Rudski LG. Rudski LG. Chest. 2013 Oct;144(4):1426-1427. doi: 10.1378/chest.13-1631. Chest. 2013. PMID: 24081369 No abstract available.
Echocardiography in pulmonary hypertension.
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Systolic and mean pulmonary artery pressures: are they interchangeable in patients with pulmonary hypertension?
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