We investigated whether Doppler-derived variables of tricuspid flow could estimate mean right atrial pressure and monitor its changes after loading manipulations in patients with chronic heart failure.
Doppler-derived acceleration rate of right ventricular early filling reliably predicts mean right atrial pressure at baseline and after loading manipulations in patients with chronic heart failure.
Division of Cardiology, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Clinica del Lavoro e della Riabilitazione, IRCCS, Medical Center of Rehabilitation, Veruno, Italy. cdl@intercom.it
