Echocardiographic and hemodynamic predictors of mortality in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) can lead to the development of pulmonary hypertension, which is associated with an increased risk of death. In pulmonary arterial hypertension, survival is directly related to the capacity of the right ventricle to adapt to elevated pulmonary vascular load. The relative importance of right ventricular function in IPF is not well understood. Our objective was to evaluate right ventricular echocardiographic and hemodynamic predictors of mortality in a cohort of patients with IPF referred for lung transplant evaluation.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study of 135 patients who met 2011 American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society criteria for IPF and who were evaluated for lung transplantation at the Hospital

SUBMITTER: Rivera-Lebron BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3734888 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature