Long-term follow-up in outpatients with mildly elevated pulmonary artery systolic pressure on echocardiography: a single-centre retrospective cohort study in Shanghai, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the correlation between mildly elevated pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) on echocardiography and mortality, as well as long-term changes in PASP.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Shanghai, China, a single centre.

Participants

A total of 910 patients were enrolled in this study. From January to June 2016, 1869 patients underwent echocardiography at the Zhongshan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University. Patients with malignant tumours, previous heart or other solid organ transplantation, previous or scheduled ventricular assist device implantation, severe kidney dysfunction (uraemia and patients on dialysis) and a life expectancy of less than 1 year for any medical condition were excluded.

Interventions

No inte

SUBMITTER: Weng Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11261682 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature