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Right heart haemodynamics in normal Malaysian subjects

Omar A 1 , Fong CY 2 , Singham KT 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Asma Omar, MBBS, MMed, MRCP. Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics, University of Malaya, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Fong Chee Yee, ASMLT, Senior Medical Laboratory Technologist, Cardiorespiratory Laboratory, Department of Medicine, University of Malaya, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 K. T. Singham, MBBS, FRACP, FACC. Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Malaya, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 1985 Dec;40(4):307-11.
PMID: 3842730

Abstract

The right heart pressures and saturations at different sites were measured in 87 normal individuals over a 16-year period during heart cardiac catheterisation. The right heart pressure measurements were comparable with normal values reported in Caucasian subjects. However, the total pulmonary vascular resistance and systemic vascular resistance were significantly different, though the pulmonary vascular resistance was comparable.

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