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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 18.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Heart Fail. 2009 Sep 24;2(6):599–607. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.109.862664

Figure 2. Echocardiographic estimation of RV pressure.

Figure 2

The peak pressure difference across the PAB site (A) and the tricuspid valve (B) were estimated from the peak flow velocity (spectral continuous-wave Doppler). By both measures, RV pressure progressively increased, stabilizing at approximately 7 weeks postoperatively.