Right ventricle to pulmonary artery coupling in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Ibrahim SultanArturo CardounelIslam AbdelkarimArman KilicAndrew D AlthouseMichael S SharbaughAman GuptaJeff XuMiho FukuiMarc A SimonJohn T SchindlerJoon S LeeThomas G GleasonJoão L CavalcantePublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2018)
Baseline TAPSE/PASP ratio is associated with all-cause mortality in TAVI patients as it evaluates RV systolic performance at a given degree of afterload. Incorporation of right-side unit into the risk stratification may improve optimal selection of patients for TAVI.
Keyphrases
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- pulmonary artery
- ejection fraction
- end stage renal disease
- aortic stenosis
- aortic valve
- patients undergoing
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- pulmonary hypertension
- coronary artery
- heart failure
- aortic valve replacement
- blood pressure
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- coronary artery disease