Sickle cell patients need right heart cath, not echo, to diagnose pulmonary hypertension (like everyone else)
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Parent et al report that among 398 people with sickle cell disease, the prevalence of pulmonary hypertension seemed to be 27% by echocardiography. By right heart catheterization, it was 6%. NEJM 2011;365:44-53.
Sickle cell patients need right heart cath, not echo, to diagnose pulmonary hypertension (like everyone else)
Sickle cell patients need right heart cath…
Sickle cell patients need right heart cath, not echo, to diagnose pulmonary hypertension (like everyone else)
Parent et al report that among 398 people with sickle cell disease, the prevalence of pulmonary hypertension seemed to be 27% by echocardiography. By right heart catheterization, it was 6%. NEJM 2011;365:44-53.