The prognostic value of right ventricular outflow tract velocity time integral in patients with pulmonary hypertension.
Ayşe ÇolakZeynep KumralDilek SezginGokcen Omeroglu SimsekTuba Demirci YildirimMehmet KisEbru OzpelitBahri AkdenizPublished in: ESC heart failure (2024)
The decreased RVOT VTI predicts mortality in patients with PH and each 1 mm decrease in RVOT VTI increases the risk of mortality by 14.3%. This parameter might serve as an additional parameter in the follow-up of these patients especially when 6MWD and NYHA-FC could not be determined.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary hypertension
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular events
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- risk factors
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- pulmonary artery
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery
- coronary artery disease
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- patient reported outcomes