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Pulmonary Artery Occlusion Pressure: Measurement, Significance, and Clinical Uses

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  1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 606 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA

    Michael R. Pinsky MD, CM, FCCM, FCCP, Dr. hc.

  2. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Lariboisière University Hospital University of Paris VII, 2, rue Ambroise Paré, 75475, Paris Cedex 10, France

    Didier Payen MD, PhD

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Marini, J.J., Leatherman, J.W. (2005). Pulmonary Artery Occlusion Pressure: Measurement, Significance, and Clinical Uses. In: Pinsky, M.R., Payen, D. (eds) Functional Hemodynamic Monitoring. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 42. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26900-2_9

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