Do you prefer using end-expiratory or mean pulmonary artery wedge pressure obtained during diagnostic right heart catheterization for the classification of precapillary vs postcapillary PH?
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I use end-expiratory wedge pressure (and all hemodynamics for that matter at end-expiratory pressure) most of the time which is supported by current guidelines. The confounder is in patients with wide transthoracic pressure swings (i.e., exercise, severe COPD, severe obesity). This is just something...
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Thank you to both responses and makes a lot of sen...
I would argue the opposite, i.e. the mean can misc...