Key result
Right heart catheterization was associated with a relative hazard of death of 1.02 (95% CI 0.55-1.89; P=.94) in patients with congestive cardiac failure.
Why the study?
Does right heart catheterization affect the risk of death in patients with congestive cardiac failure?
Population
Patients with congestive cardiac failure (discussed from a previous study)
Design
Editorial
Authors
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This letter highlights that RHC is a monitoring device and its associated risks may be confounded by subsequent interventions, calling for a randomized trial.
Does right heart catheterization affect the risk of death in patients with congestive cardiac failure?
Hazard Ratio: 1.02 (95% CI 0.55–1.89)
p-value: p=.94
This letter highlights that RHC is a monitoring device and its associated risks may be confounded by subsequent interventions, calling for a randomized trial.
Richard J Beale (1997) conducted a letter in Congestive cardiac failure. Right heart catheterization (RHC) was evaluated on Death (HR 1.02, 95% CI 0.55-1.89, p=.94). Right heart catheterization was associated with a relative hazard of death of 1.02 (95% CI 0.55-1.89; P=.94) in patients with congestive cardiac failure.
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