The added value of right ventricular function normalized for afterload to improve risk stratification of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Marco VicenziSergio CaravitaIrene RotaRosa CasellaGael DeboeckLorenzo BerettaAndrea LombiJean-Luc VachieryPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Our results suggest that adopting functional-hemodynamic echo-derived parameters may provide a more accurate risk stratification in patients with PAH. In particular, TAPSE/TRV or TAPSE/sPAP improved risk stratification in patients at intermediate-risk, that otherwise would have remained less characterized.