Prognostic value of an echocardiographic index reflecting right ventricular operating stiffness in patients with heart failure.

Ryosuke FujisawaKazunori OkadaSanae KagaMichito MurayamaMasahiro NakabachiShinobu YokoyamaHisao NishinoAsuka TanemuraNobuo MasauziKo MotoiSuguru IshizakaYasuyuki ChibaShingo TsujinagaHiroyuki IwanoToshihisa Anzai

Published in: Heart and vessels (2021)

A completely noninvasive index of RV operating stiffness, PRPGDAC/TAPMAC, was useful for predicting prognoses in patients with HF, and it showed an incremental prognostic value over RV systolic function.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
left ventricular
blood pressure
heart failure
pulmonary hypertension
left atrial
ejection fraction
acute heart failure
atrial fibrillation