PH in Heart Transplant (HT) Candidates: Don't Look at Ghosts, Search the Evil in the Details

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is frequent in HT candidates; identifying patients (pts) with urgent need of HT is challenging. Guidelines suggest diastolic transpulmonary gradient (DPG) ≥ 7 mmHg to differentiate combined (CpC) and isolated (IpC) post-capillary PH, but its clinical relevance in this setting is unknown. The aim of our study is to analyze the prognostic impact of PH classification in pts referred for HT, and the interplay of CpC and IpC with markers of ventricular f unction.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: 322 Source Type: research