The indirect Fick method is an unfeasible method for hemodynamic assessment in pulmonary arterial hypertension patients

S. Desole, S. Czekay, T. Bollmann, K. Lau, R. Ewert, C. M. Kaehler (Innsbruck, Austria; Greifswald, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Physiology of human pulmonary hypertension
Session: Physiology of human pulmonary hypertension
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2310
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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