Pulmonary hypertension in interstitial lung disease: Limitations of echocardiography compared to cardiac catheterization.

Gregory J KeirS John WortMaria KokosiPeter M GeorgeSimon L F WalshJoseph JacobLaura PriceSimon BaxElizabetta A RenzoniToby M MaherPeter MacDonaldDavid M HansellAthol U Wells

Published in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2018)

In patients with ILD and suspected PH, currently recommended ESC/ERS TR velocity screening thresholds were associated with a high positive predictive value (86%) for confirming PH, but were of limited value in excluding PH, with 40% of patients misclassified as low probability when PH was confirmed at subsequent RHC.

Keyphrases

interstitial lung disease
pulmonary hypertension
systemic sclerosis
end stage renal disease
rheumatoid arthritis
left ventricular
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
heart failure
patient reported