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What if a lung doctor and a pulmanery hypertension specialist says no pumanary hypertension but a cardioologist says yes you do why don't they agree.
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Answered 12/31/2014
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Pulmonarhyping: Lung pressures can be measured with an echocardiogram or by placing a catheter in the pulmonary artery and measuring it directly. This is most accurate method. The echo measurements can be falsely elevated. If you had a right heart catheter procedure i would go by that reading.
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