Association of PET-measured myocardial flow reserve with echocardiography-estimated pulmonary artery systolic pressure in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Min ZhaoMin LiuJeffrey P LealBenjamin M W TsuiDean F WongMartin G PomperYun Zhou

Published in: PloS one (2019)

Echocardiography-derived PASP is negatively correlated with global MFR measured by 13N-NH3 dynamic PET. Global MFR is suggested to be an index of PH in HCM patients.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
pulmonary artery
pulmonary hypertension
computed tomography
coronary artery
heart failure
end stage renal disease
positron emission tomography
pulmonary arterial hypertension
pet ct
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis