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- Anish Krishnan, Ryan Markham, Michael Savage, Yee-Weng Wong, and Darren Walters.
- School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia; Department of Cardiology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Electronic address: anish.krishnan@uq.net.au.
- Heart Lung Circ. 2019 Apr 1; 28 (4): e71-e78.
AbstractRight heart catheterisation (RHC) is a minimally invasive procedure that provides direct haemodynamic measurement of intracardiac and pulmonary pressures. It is the gold standard investigation for the diagnosis and management of pulmonary hypertension. This article will describe how to perform right heart catheterisation, indications and contraindications.Copyright © 2018 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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