Two-dimensional knowledge-based volumetric reconstruction of the right ventricle documents short-term improvement in pulmonary hypertension.
Johannes P SchwaigerDaniel S KnightThomas KaierAdele GallimoreChristopher P DentonBenjamin E SchreiberClive HandlerJohn G CoghlanPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2017)
In a CTD and CTEPH dominated patient population significant reverse remodeling and improvement of ejection fraction occurred despite a short follow-up and was paralleled by significant changes in NT-proBNP levels. Further right ventricular dilatation was associated with worse clinical outcome. 2DKBR is a feasible substitute for Cardiac MRI to follow-up right ventricular indices in pulmonary hypertension.