The Atrial Pressure Tracing in Congenital Heart Disease
Population
Patients with congenital heart disease
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Discussion
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Implication
May support reliable atrial pressure recording in congenital heart disease; leaves open broader validation in prospective cohorts.
Structured PICO
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Population
Patients with congenital heart disease
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Intervention
Atrial pressure tracing using Southern Instruments electro-manometer with Kelvin-Hughes direct writing recorder and No. 8 Cournand cardiac catheter
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Outcome
Quality of atrial pressure tracing (natural frequency and degree of damping)surrogate
The described electro-manometer system provides satisfactory fidelity for recording atrial pressure tracings in patients with congenital heart disease.
Cite This Study
Roy J. Shephard (1955) studied this question.