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Pulmonary hypertension in interstitial lung disease: Limitations of echocardiography compared to cardiac catheterization.

Gregory J KeirS John WortMaria KokosiPeter M GeorgeSimon L F WalshJoseph JacobLaura PriceSimon BaxElizabetta A RenzoniToby M MaherPeter MacDonaldDavid M HansellAthol U Wells
Published in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2018)
In patients with ILD and suspected PH, currently recommended ESC/ERS TR velocity screening thresholds were associated with a high positive predictive value (86%) for confirming PH, but were of limited value in excluding PH, with 40% of patients misclassified as low probability when PH was confirmed at subsequent RHC.
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