Why the study?
Does M mode echocardiography correlate with invasive right heart hemodynamics in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease?
Population
42 patients with chronic obstructive lung disease
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May support noninvasive right heart assessment in COPD; leaves open need for prospective validation against invasive hemodynamics.
Does M mode echocardiography correlate with invasive right heart hemodynamics in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease?
M-mode echocardiography correlates well with invasive hemodynamics, offering a noninvasive method to assess right heart impairment in chronic obstructive lung disease.
Bertoli et al. (2009) studied this question.
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