Influence of advanced pulmonary vascular remodeling on accuracy of echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular filling pressure.

ABSTRACT: Evaluation of left ventricular filling pressure plays an important role in the clinical management of pulmonary hypertension. However, the accuracy of echocardiographic parameters for the determination of left ventricular filling pressure in the presence of pulmonary vascular lesions has not been fully addressed. We retrospectively investigated 124 patients with pulmonary hypertension due to pulmonary vascular lesions (noncardiac pulmonary hypertension group) and 113 patients with ischemic heart disease (control group) who underwent right heart catheterization and echocardiography. The noncardiac pulmonary hypertension group was subdivided into less-advanced and advanced groups according to median pulmonary vascular resistance. Pulmonary artery wedge pressure was determined as left ventric

SUBMITTER: Chiba Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7829463 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature