Transthoracic Echocardiographic Parameters in the Estimation of Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure in Patients With Present or Previous Heart Failure

Multiple echocardiographic criteria are routinely used for the estimation of left heart filling pressures. We assessed the predictive value of various echocardiographic parameters to estimate the left heart filling pressure and proposed a simplified approach for its evaluation. We collected the clinical, echocardiographic, and invasive hemodynamic data from 93 patients with heart failure who underwent right-sided heart catheterization and...