Conundrum of Classifying Subtypes of Pulmonary Hypertension-Introducing a Novel Approach to Classify "Borderline" Patients in a Population with Severe Aortic Stenosis Undergoing TAVI.

Elke BoxhammerSarah X GharibehBernhard WernlyMalte KelmMarcus FranzDaniel KretzschmarUta C HoppeAlexander LautenMichael Lichtenauer

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular development and disease (2022)

Postcapillary PH was expanded to include the so-called "borderlinepc-PH" variant in addition to the ipc-PH and cpc-PH subtypes. The one-year survival after TAVI was significantly different between the subgroups, with the worst prognosis for borderlinepc-PH and cpc-PH.

Keyphrases

aortic stenosis
ejection fraction
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
aortic valve
pulmonary hypertension
aortic valve replacement
newly diagnosed
left ventricular
coronary artery disease
pulmonary artery
patient reported