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Fig. 16

From: Pathophysiology of right ventricular failure in acute pulmonary embolism and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a pictorial essay for the interventional radiologist

Fig. 16

Pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) calculated from a tricuspid jet on echocardiogram. Estimation of PASP utilizing the tricuspid regurgitation jet velocity can be performed according the depicted equation where RVSP is right ventricle systolic pressure and RAP is right atrial pressure which is the same as Jugular venous pressure

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