Pulmonary hypertension in advanced lung diseases: Echocardiography as an important part of patient evaluation for lung transplantation.

Jolanta NowakBartosz HudzikDariusz JastrzȩbskiJacek T NiedzielaPiotr RozentrytJacek WojarskiMarek OchmanWojciech KarolakSławomir ŻegleńMarek GierlotkaMariusz Gąsior

Published in: The clinical respiratory journal (2017)

In patients with advanced lung diseases referred for lung transplantation the combination of RVSP, RVOT diameter, and TAPSE may be helpful in PH exclusion.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
pulmonary artery
pulmonary arterial hypertension
left ventricular
computed tomography
heart failure
optical coherence tomography