Prognostic impact of follow-up pulmonary vascular resistance in pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Sho SuzukiRyotaro AsanoTatsuo AokiSayuri NakayamaJin UedaAkihiro TsujiTeruo NoguchiTakeshi Ogo

Published in: Open heart (2022)

Follow-up PVR was an independent predictor of transplant-free survival in patients with I/H-PAH. Evaluation of haemodynamic status shortly after initiating treatment may help predict long-term prognosis.

Keyphrases

pulmonary arterial hypertension
free survival
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary artery
coronary artery
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