Right Heart Dysfunction in Adults With Coarctation of Aorta: Prevalence and Prognostic Implications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic elevation of left heart filling pressure causes pulmonary vascular remodeling, pulmonary hypertension, and right heart dysfunction. Although diastolic dysfunction is relatively common in patients with coarctation of aorta, there are limited data about the prevalence and prognostic implications of pulmonary hypertension and right heart dysfunction in this population. The purpose of the study was to assess right heart function and hemodynamics in patients with coarctation of aorta and to determine the relationship between right heart indices and cardiovascular events defined as heart failure hospitalization, heart transplant, or cardiovascular death.

Methods

Right heart structure, function, and hemodynamics were assessed with these indices: right atrial volu

SUBMITTER: Egbe AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8692392 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature