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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/> | ||