Pressure-dimension index: A novel "morphologic-functional" index of right ventricle that predicts short-term survival after left ventricular assist device implantation.
Koray KalenderoğluTolga Sinan GüvençSemra AğustosYalçın VelibeyMüge Taşdemir MeteHüseyin KuplayRengin Çetin GüvençSerap Aykut AkaPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2021)
Increased PDI is a marker of an overburdened right ventricle. Heart failure patients with a high PDI are at risk for short-term mortality following LVAD implantation.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular assist device
- heart failure
- pulmonary artery
- pulmonary hypertension
- mitral valve
- left ventricular
- cardiovascular events
- congenital heart disease
- coronary artery
- risk factors
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- atrial fibrillation
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery disease
- cardiac resynchronization therapy