Echocardiography of the right heart in pulmonary arterial hypertension: insights from the ULTRA RIGHT VALUE study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Outcome in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is determined by right ventricular (RV) function adaptation to increased afterload. Echocardiography is easily available to assist bedside evaluation of the RV. However, no agreement exists about the feasibility and most relevant measurements. We therefore examined the feasibility, quality, and clinical correlations of standard echocardiographic variables in the evaluation of PAH.

Methods and results

The present multicentric study collected echocardiographic examinations with centralized reading in 401 patients with prevalent PAH. Clinical variables, as World Health Organization (WHO) functional class (FC), 6 min walk distance (6MWD), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)/NT-proBNP, invasive haemodynamics, the European Society

SUBMITTER: Lo Giudice F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11733976 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature