Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling and Prognosis in Patients Evaluated for Heart Transplantation: Insights from the OCTOPUS-CHF Study.

Jorge Martínez-SolanoEnrique Gutiérrez-IbañesCarlos Ortiz-Bautista María Dolores García-Cosío CarmenaFernando Sarnago-CebadaBeatriz Díaz-Molina Isaac Pascual Juan Francisco Oteo DominguezManuel Gómez-BuenoRamón Calviño-SantosMaría G Crespo-LeiroJoan Antoni Gómez-HospitalCarles Diez-LópezJuan García-LaraIris P Garrido-BravoLuis de la Fuente-GalánJavier López-DíazSònia MirabetManuel Martínez-Sellés

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular development and disease (2022)

Pulmonary vascular remodeling (evaluated with echocardiography, right heart catheterization, and pulmonary OCT) was not associated with prognosis in a selected sample of adults evaluated for elective heart transplants. Pulmonary OCT is safe and feasible for the evaluation of these patients.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
computed tomography
atrial fibrillation
optical coherence tomography
diabetic retinopathy
patients undergoing