Cardiac biomarkers as indicators of right ventricular dysfunction and recovery in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients after balloon pulmonary angioplasty therapy - a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging cohort study.

Steffen D KriechbaumJulia M VietheerChristoph B WiedenrothFelix RudolphMarta BardeJan-Sebastian WolterMoritz HaasUlrich Fischer-RasokatMaren WeferlingAndreas RolfChristian W HammEckhard MayerStefan GuthSteffen D KriechbaumFritz C RollerChristoph Liebetrau

Published in: Pulmonary circulation (2021)

In chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging findings illustrate right heart failure and recovery after balloon pulmonary angioplasty therapy. Cardiac biomarker levels correlate with right heart parameters at baseline and their dynamics after therapy.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
magnetic resonance imaging
heart failure
end stage renal disease
left ventricular
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
atrial fibrillation
pulmonary artery
prognostic factors
pulmonary arterial hypertension
computed tomography
oxidative stress
stem cells
bone marrow