Estimating filling pressures in paediatric heart transplant recipients using echocardiographic parameters and B-type natriuretic peptide.

Bethany L WisotzkeyBereketeab HaileselassieNeal JorgensenErin L AlbersMariksa S KemnaBrian D SorianoAarti H BhatRichard A KronmalRobert J BouccekYuk M Law

Published in: Cardiology in the young (2021)

B-type natriuretic peptide and echocardiographic indices of diastolic function were independently related to post-transplant mean right atrial and pulmonary capillary wedge pressures in paediatric heart transplant recipients without rejection.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
pulmonary hypertension
left atrial
atrial fibrillation
heart failure
intensive care unit
ejection fraction
emergency department
mitral valve
blood pressure
drug induced