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Pulmonary Wedge Pressure

Known as: Pulmonary Wedge Pressures, pawp, Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure 
The blood pressure as recorded after wedging a CATHETER in a small PULMONARY ARTERY; believed to reflect the PRESSURE in the pulmonary CAPILLARIES.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Shortened Doppler-derived mitral A wave deceleration time: an important predictor of elevated left ventricular filling pressure.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Prognostic value of thallium-201 perfusion defects in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
1990
1990
Hemodynamic and metabolic basis of impaired exercise tolerance in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction.
1990
1990
Radial arterial pressure measurements may be a poor guide to the beneficial effects of nitroprusside on left ventricular systolic pressure in congestive heart failure.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
The role of atrial pressure in secreting atrial natriuretic polypeptides.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias in patients receiving acute and chronic infusions of milrinone.
1985
1985
Left ventricular volume and ejection fraction response to exercise in chronic congestive heart failure: difference between dilated cardiomyopathy and previous myocardial infarction.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Hemodynamic effects of acute atrioventricular sequential pacing in patients with left ventricular dysfunction.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
The contributions of sympathetic tone and the renin-angiotensin system to severe chronic congestive heart failure: response to specific inhibitors (prazosin and captopril).
Review
1968
Review
1968
Cardiac function following mitral valve replacement.
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