Accuracy of echocardiography and chest tomography for pulmonary hypertension screening in patients awaiting lung transplantation.
Luiza Helena Degani-CostaJoão Paulo de AssisPedro Paulo Pisaniello GonçalvesFernanda GushkenGilberto SzarfJosé Eduardo Afonso JuniorPublished in: Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2021)
Measurements of pulmonary artery and ascending aorta diameter were highly reproducible. The association of pulmonary artery and aortic diameter >1 and/or pulmonary artery systolic pressure ≥40mmHg improved the sensitivity and the negative predictive value for pulmonary hypertension screening. This strategy demands prospective validation to assess safety and cost-effectiveness.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary artery
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- coronary artery
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- blood pressure
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- optic nerve
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- aortic valve
- patient reported outcomes
- optical coherence tomography