Can Doppler echocardiography estimate raised pulmonary capillary wedge pressure provoked by passive leg lifting in suspected heart failure?
Michael Y HeneinErik TossavainenRoman A'rochStefan SöderbergPer LindqvistPublished in: Clinical physiology and functional imaging (2018)
Left atrial volume and myocardial contraction (LASRa) at rest both predict unstable LV filling pressures measured as raised PCWP when provoked by PLL. Furthermore, LASRa at PLL seems to have the strongest association to PCWP during PLL.