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Pulmonary Hypertension - Echocardiography Findings

Fri, 02/04/2010

Do you always need to measure the systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP) in order to see if pulmonary hypertension is present? In this demo, Thomas Binder explains that there are a bunch of other clues that indicate pulmonary hypertension using echocardiography.
Remember: very often sPAP cannot be measured. Therefore, these clues are extremely important. Learn how to make the diagnosis early! Your patients will thank you!

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