Right ventricular remodelling in pulmonary arterial hypertension predicts treatment response.
Ze Ming GohNithin BalasubramanianSamer AlabedKrit DwivediYousef ShahinAlexander M K RothmanPankaj GargAllan LawrieDavid CapenerAlfred Arthur Roger ThompsonFaisal AlandejaniJim M WildChristopher S JohnsRobert A LewisRebecca GoslingMichael SharkeyRobin CondliffeDavid G KielyAndrew J SwiftPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2022)
Right ventricular adaptation assessed using CMR has prognostic value in patients with PAH. Patients with maladaptive remodelling (high-volume-low-mass) are at high risk of treatment failure.