Right heart morphology in elevated pulmonary artery pressure: relationship between echocardiographic and right heart catheterization data

Dauw, Jeroen; De Meester, Pieter; Van De Bruaene, Alexander; Gabriels, Charlien; Troost, Els; Budts, Werner

doi:10.1080/AC.69.4.3036652

Right heart morphology in elevated pulmonary artery pressure: relationship between echocardiographic and right heart catheterization data

Author:

Dauw, Jeroen

De Meester, Pieter ; Van De Bruaene, Alexander ; Gabriels, Charlien ; Troost, Els ; Budts, Werner

Keywords:

Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems, Cardiovascular System & Cardiology, Pulmonary artery pressure, tricuspid valve insufficiency, right atrium, right ventricle, echocardiography, TRICUSPID REGURGITATION, HYPERTENSION, GUIDELINES, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cardiac Catheterization, Echocardiography, Female, Heart Atria, Heart Ventricles, Humans, Hypertension, Pulmonary, Male, Middle Aged, Predictive Value of Tests, Retrospective Studies, Sensitivity and Specificity, Severity of Illness Index, Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency, 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology

Abstract:

When elevated pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) is assessed by echocardiography, right heart morphology is always considered. The goal of this study was to evaluate how right heart geometry changes with increasing right ventricular pressure load.