Validity of the ESC Risk Assessment in Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in China.

ABSTRACT: Background: The 2015 European pulmonary hypertension (PH) guidelines recommend a risk stratification strategy for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We aimed to investigate the validation and potential prognostic information in Chinese patients. Methods: The risk assessment variables proposed by the PH guidelines were performed by using the WHO function class, 6-min walking distance, brain natriuretic peptide or its N-terminal fragment, right arterial pressure, cardiac index, mixed venous saturation, right atrium area, pericardial effusion, peak oxygen consumption, and ventilatory equivalents for carbon dioxide. An abbreviated version also was applied. Results: A total of 392 patients with idiopathic PAH (IPAH) were enrolled between 2009 and 2018. After a median in

SUBMITTER: Gong SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8645595 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature