Discriminatory ability of right atrial volumes with two- and three-dimensional echocardiography to detect elevated right atrial pressure in pulmonary hypertension.
Ellen OstenfeldAnna Werther-EvaldssonHenrik EngblomAnnika IngvarssonAnders RoijerCarl MeurlingJohan HolmGöran RådegranMarcus CarlssonPublished in: Clinical physiology and functional imaging (2016)
Enlarged RA measures with 2DE and 3DE have better discriminatory ability compared with IVC measures, to detect elevated mRAP in patients evaluated for PH.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary hypertension
- end stage renal disease
- atrial fibrillation
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- rheumatoid arthritis
- computed tomography
- left atrial
- pulmonary artery
- inferior vena cava
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- patient reported outcomes
- interstitial lung disease
- pulmonary embolism