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Doppler trans‐thoracic echocardiography for detection of pulmonary hypertension in adults

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012809Copy DOI
Database:
  1. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Version published:
  1. 26 September 2017see what's new
Type:
  1. Diagnostic
Stage:
  1. Protocol
Cochrane Editorial Group:

  1. Cochrane Airways Group

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  1. Copyright © 2017 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors

  • Junji Kumasawa

    Correspondence to: Department of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Clinical Research and Epidemiology, Sakai City Medical Center, Sakai City, Japan

    [email protected]

    Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  • Sayaka Shimizu

    Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  • Yoshio Nakano

    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sakai City Medical Center, Sakai City, Japan

  • Yuki Kataoka

    Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  • Hiraku Tsujimoto

    Hospital Care Research Unit, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Japan

  • Yasushi Tsujimoto

    Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Contributions of authors

JK drafted the protocol with contributions from HT and YK. JK and YT devised the study selection criteria. JK, SS, YN, YK, HT, YT, and Elizabeth Stovold undertook the search strategy. JK, SS, YN, and HT developed the study design and research question. JK, HT, YK, and YT developed the statistical analysis/synthesis of data plan. All authors contributed to revising the protocol, reviewed all drafts, and agreed on the final version.

Sources of support

Internal sources

  • Sakai City Medical Center, Japan.

  • Kyoto University, Japan.

  • Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Japan.

External sources

  • The authors declare that no such funding was received for this systematic review, Japan.

Declarations of interest

JK: none known.

SS: none known.

YN: none known.

YK: none known.

HT: none known.

YT: none known.

Acknowledgements

We wish to thank Elizabeth Stovold, Information Specialist of the Cochrane Airway Group, for designing our search strategy. We based the methods section of this protocol on the Cochrane protocol Tsujimoto 2016 as a template.

The Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy Editorial Team helped to edit this protocol and commented critically on the protocol.

This project was supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), via Cochrane Infrastructure funding to the Cochrane Airways Group. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Systematic Reviews Programme, NIHR, National Health Service (NHS), or the Department of Health.

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2022 May 09

Doppler trans‐thoracic echocardiography for detection of pulmonary hypertension in adults

Review

Yasushi Tsujimoto, Junji Kumasawa, Sayaka Shimizu, Yoshio Nakano, Yuki Kataoka, Hiraku Tsujimoto, Michihiko Kono, Shinji Okabayashi, Haruki Imura, Takahiro Mizuta

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012809.pub2

2017 Sep 26

Doppler trans‐thoracic echocardiography for detection of pulmonary hypertension in adults

Protocol

Junji Kumasawa, Sayaka Shimizu, Yoshio Nakano, Yuki Kataoka, Hiraku Tsujimoto, Yasushi Tsujimoto

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012809

Clinical pathway of diagnostic evaluation for pulmonary hypertension among adults, adolescents, and children.PH: pulmonary hypertension; PAH: pulmonary arterial hypertension (Rubin 2016)
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Figure 1

Clinical pathway of diagnostic evaluation for pulmonary hypertension among adults, adolescents, and children.

PH: pulmonary hypertension; PAH: pulmonary arterial hypertension (Rubin 2016)

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