Correlation of Doppler echocardiography with cardiac catheterization in estimating pulmonary capillary wedge pressure: A tertiary level hospital finding in Bangladesh

This prospective cross sectional study was conducted in the department of cardiology in National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), Dhaka during the period of January 2002 to December 2002.Atotal of 50 patients with coronary artery disease subjected to diagnostic cardiac catheterization for evaluation of CAD were studied and the patients were grouped into two groups, group I having PCWP ≥12- Key words: Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure, Cardiac Catheterization, Doppler echocardiography, Bangladesh.    doi:10.3329/uhj.v4i2.2065 University Heart Journal Vol. 4 No. 2 July 2008 p1-8