Noninvasive estimation of pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and cardiac output by the analysis of pulmonary venous flow velocity patterns in patients with acute congestive heart failure Jung-Myung Lee, Tohru Masuyama, Kazunori Nariyama, Hiroshi Takahashi, Masatugu Hori, Kouji Nakamura, Takenobu Kamada. Department of Internal Medicine, Kaizuka Municipal Hospital. The First Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka University School of Medicine. Key words
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