Publications by authors named "Amy O'Brien O'Brien Charles"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess how well non-invasive echocardiographic estimates of right ventricular systolic pressure align with the actual measurements taken via cardiac catheterization in children diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension.
- Conducted at a specialized children's hospital, the retrospective analysis involved 111 patients under 18 with confirmed pulmonary hypertension between 2015 and 2018.
- The findings showed a moderate correlation (ρ = 0.44) between the estimates from echocardiography and catheterization, with stronger correlations (ρ = 0.75) in children with higher right ventricular pressures, although catheterization typically reported higher pressures than echocardiographic estimates.