Assessment of right ventricle in pulmonary arterial hypertension with three-dimensional echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To correlate 3-D Echo and CMR RV parameters and to verify whether they are similarly related to the clinical conditions of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a disease in which the RV plays a crucial prognostic role.

Methods

We enrolled 34 consecutive PAH patients followed by our PAH clinics. All patients underwent a 3-D Echo and CMR assessment of RV volumes and functions in the same day. The presence or absence of correlation between major findings was investigated; functional RV parameters were also analyzed in relation to 6-min walking test (6MWT) results and BNP/Nt-proBNP plasma levels. Twenty-four subjects served as controls.

Results

Good agreement was found between 3-D Echo and CMR measures of RV volumes [RV-end-diastolic volume (r = 0.72,

SUBMITTER: Lattanzio M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10414158 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature