American Heart Journal
Volume 155, Issue 1 , Pages 166-174 , January 2008

Pulmonary vascular input impedance is a combined measure of pulmonary vascular resistance and stiffness and predicts clinical outcomes better than pulmonary vascular resistance alone in pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension

  • Kendall S. Hunter, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
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  • Po-Feng Lee, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
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  • Craig J. Lanning, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
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  • D. Dunbar Ivy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
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  • K. Scott Kirby, RDCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
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  • Lori R. Claussen, BSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
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  • K. Chen Chan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
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  • Robin Shandas, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Robin Shandas, PhD, Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Flow Research Laboratory, 1056 E 19th Ave, B-100, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO 80218.

Received 24 July 2007 ,Accepted 12 August 2007.

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 This project was supported by in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health (R01-HL067393, T32-HL072738, SCCOR-HL081506, K24-HL084923, and M01-RR0069).

PII: S0002-8703(07)00689-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.08.014

American Heart Journal
Volume 155, Issue 1 , Pages 166-174 , January 2008

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