Clinical and Echocardiographic Predictors of Outcomes in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension.

ABSTRACT: In pulmonary hypertension (PH), measurement of various echocardiographic parameters that assess right heart function is recommended by current clinical guidelines. Limited data exists on the combined value of clinical and echocardiographic parameters in precapillary PH in the modern era of therapy. We examined the association of clinical and echocardiographic parameters with surrogate outcomes (6-minute walk distance) and hard outcomes (hospitalization or death) in patients with precapillary PH. A cohort of patients with an established diagnosis of precapillary PH who underwent transthoracic echocardiography at the Duke Echo Lab were prospectively enrolled from 2010 to 2014. Univariable and multivariable models were constructed to examine the relation of clinical and echocardiographic para

SUBMITTER: Siddiqui I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6280670 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature