External validation of different clinical and echocardiographic scores to distinguish post- from precapillary pulmonary hypertension.

Marta Fontes-Oliveira Maria Isilda Oliveira Inês FurtadoLuísa CarvalhoFabienne GonçalvesAbílio Reis Mário Santos

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2021)

Combined clinical and echocardiographic characteristics can be used to predict pre-capillary PH with moderate performance. The application of these non-invasive parameters in clinical practice can help refine referral to RHC in a population with clinically suspected PH.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary artery
clinical practice
pulmonary arterial hypertension
left ventricular
primary care
mitral valve
left atrial
heart failure