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. 2017 Aug;45(8):e874-e875.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002505.

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Thomas S Metkus  1 , Stephen C Mathai, Ryan J Tedford
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Thomas S Metkus et al. Crit Care Med. 2017 Aug.
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Since the initial manuscript, the authors report no additional conflicts of interest

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Regression lines displaying pulmonary artery pressure as a function of pulmonary artery wedge pressure for 23 patients from FACTT with stroke volume 78-82 mL; PA pulse pressure increases with increasing PAWP.
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