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When reviewing right heart catheterization numbers in obese individuals, what adjustments or caveats do you routinely apply to your interpretation?

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Pulmonology · Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

I use the principles outlined in Kovacs et al., PMID 24869464. The respiratory pressure swings are mainly a problem for knowing absolute values of, say, mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) or pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP). More commonly, we care about determining if there is evidence...

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