Multimodal noninvasive prediction of pulmonary hypertension in IPF.
Rajiv SontiRebecca Anna GerstenScott BarnettA Whitney BrownSteven D NathanPublished in: The clinical respiratory journal (2019)
If used in conjunction with RVSP from TTE, parameters from PFTs and the CT scan more accurately predict the presence or absence of PH than any of the variables in isolation. Using these in concert may allow greater discrimination in deciding which patients to subject to diagnostic right heart catheterization.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary hypertension
- end stage renal disease
- computed tomography
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- heart failure
- prognostic factors
- dual energy
- pulmonary artery
- pain management
- atrial fibrillation
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- patient reported outcomes
- coronary artery
- image quality
- positron emission tomography