Right heart catheterization: Difference between revisions

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The pressure curve consists of a fast upstroke, a rounded top, directly after the QRS complex.
The pressure curve consists of a fast upstroke, a rounded top, directly after the QRS complex.
Higher RV pressure in pulmonary hypertension, pulmonic valve stenosis, significant ASD or VSD, pulmonary embolism (in acute pulmonary embolism mostly not above 40-50mmHg).
Higher RV pressure in pulmonary hypertension, pulmonic valve stenosis, significant ASD or VSD, pulmonary embolism (in acute pulmonary embolism mostly not above 40-50mmHg).
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''Abnormal right ventricle pressure waves''<br/>
''Abnormal right ventricle pressure waves''<br/>