95933-8LOINC 2.82
Transpulmonary pressure gradient
Transpulm press grad
Definition
- Transpulmonary pressure gradient (TPG) is the difference between the mean pulmonary arterial pressure and left atrial pressure, which may be approximated by the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; it can be used to identify intrinsic pulmonary vascular disease in left-heart conditions with correlated increased pulmonary venous pressure. [PMID: 22936712]
Component
- Transpulmonary pressure gradient
Specimen / system
- Pulmonary artery
Class
- PULM
Property
- PressDiff
Scale
- Qn
Method
- Calculated
Related names
- Art; Calc; Calculation; Grad; Lung; PA; Point in time; Press grad; Pulmonary; Pulmonology; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; Respiratory; Transpulm press grad
Index terms
- Art
- Calc
- Calculation
- Grad
- Lung
- PA
- Point in time
- Press grad
- Pulmonary
- Pulmonology
- QNT
- Quan
- Quant
- Quantitative
- Random
- Respiratory
- Transpulm press grad