Accuracy of echocardiographic indices for serial monitoring of right ventricular systolic function in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension.
Takahiro SatoIchizo TsujinoHiroshi OhiraNoriko Oyama-ManabeYoichi M ItoChisa TakashinaTaku WatanabeMasaharu NishimuraPublished in: PloS one (2017)
Echocardiographic indices modestly correlate with the changes in CMRI-derived RVEF in precapillary PH patients. Comparison among the five echocardiographic indices revealed that TAPSE and TVlat provide better accuracy than %RV fractional shortening, %RV area change, and RVMPI.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary artery
- ejection fraction
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- left ventricular
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- blood pressure
- heart failure
- chronic kidney disease
- mitral valve
- prognostic factors
- left atrial
- peritoneal dialysis
- single cell
- patient reported outcomes
- atrial fibrillation