Cardiopulmonary exercise testing improves diagnostic specificity in patients with echocardiography ‐suspected pulmonary hypertension

ConclusionsA score combining VE/VCO2 slope and AT provides high specificity in screening out PH from a pool of echocardiography‐suspected PH patients.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi?DOI=10.1002%2Fclc.22635

Source: Clinical Cardiology - November 1, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Qin ‐Hua Zhao, Lan Wang, Bigyan Pudasaini, Rong Jiang, Ping Yuan, Su‐Gang Gong, Jian Guo, Qiang Xiao, Hui Liu, Cheng Wu, Zhi‐Cheng Jing, Jin‐Ming Liu Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: research