Cardiopulmonary exercise testing improves diagnostic specificity in patients with echocardiography‐suspected pulmonary hypertension

BACKGROUND: Doppler echocardiography is usually the first diagnostic investigation for patients suspected with pulmonary hypertension (PH), but it is often inaccurate when used alone, especially in mild PH. HYPOTHESIS: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) may serve as a complementary tool to impr...

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Published in:Clin Cardiol
Main Authors: Zhao, Qin‐Hua, Wang, Lan, Pudasaini, Bigyan, Jiang, Rong, Yuan, Ping, Gong, Su‐Gang, Guo, Jian, Xiao, Qiang, Liu, Hui, Wu, Cheng, Jing, Zhi‐Cheng, Liu, Jin‐Ming
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 2016
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Clinical Investigations
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6490376/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28244596
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/clc.22635
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