Preoperative right ventricular strain predicts sustained right ventricular dysfunction after balloon pulmonary angioplasty in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Toshimitsu TsuguTakashi KawakamiMasaharu KataokaJin EndoTakashi KohnoYuji ItabashiKeiichi FukudaMitsushige Murata

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2020)

RVMFS of -15.8% may be a useful cutoff value to categorize the refractory and non-refractory stages of disease. Sustained serum hs-cTNT elevation post-BPA indicates subclinical RV myocardial injury, with resultant RVMFS deterioration and poor exercise tolerance.

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pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary artery
mycobacterium tuberculosis
pulmonary arterial hypertension
high intensity
patients undergoing
physical activity
atrial fibrillation
resistance training