Prognostic implication of noninvasive right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery coupling in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
Anqi DuanXin LiQi JinYi ZhangZhihui ZhaoQing ZhaoLu YanZhihua HuangMeixi HuJiaran LiuChenhong AnXiuping MaChangming XiongQin LuoZhihong LiuPublished in: Therapeutic advances in chronic disease (2022)
In patients with CTEPH, baseline RV-PA coupling measured as the TAPSE/PASP ratio is associated with disease severity and adverse outcomes. A low TAPSE/PASP identifies patients with a high risk of clinical deterioration, and this novel metric could be applicable for risk stratification in CTEPH.