ECG Markers of Hemodynamic Improvement in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Several diagnostic tests have been recommended for risk assessment in pulmonary hypertension (PH), but the role of electrocardiography (ECG) in monitoring of PH patients has not been yet established. Therefore the aim of the study was to evaluate which ECG patterns characteristic for pulmonary hypertension can predict hemodynamic improvement in patients treated with targeted therapies.

Methods

Consecutive patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) were eligible to be included if they had had performed two consecutive right heart catheterization (RHC) procedures before and after starting of targeted therapies. Patients were followed up from June 2009 to July 2017. ECG patterns of right ventricular

SUBMITTER: Waligora M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5914124 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature