Pulmonary hypertension with a precapillary component in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Fusako SeraTomohito OhtaniShunsuke TamakiMasamichi YanoTakaharu HayashiAkito NakagawaYusuke NakagawaDaisaku NakataniTakahisa YamadaYoshio YasumuraShungo HikosoKeiko Yamauchi-TakiharaYasushi Sakatanull null

Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2022)

After initial HF treatment, 7% of hospitalised patients with HFpEF had precapillary component of PH according to the 2015 definition. Echocardiographic parameters of the left ventricle can contribute to the risk stratification of patients with HFpEF with a precapillary component of PH.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary artery
pulmonary arterial hypertension
heart failure
combination therapy
congenital heart disease