Impact of preoperative right heart chambers measurement in the evaluation of pulmonary hypertension after aortic valve replacement.

CONCLUSIONS: Incorporating right cavities measures to the PH probability model in the assessment of long-term prognosis after AVR, allows better risk discrimination, especially in the "intermediate" group.
PMID: 31958443 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Chest - January 16, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Cladellas M, Garcia-Ribas C, Ble M, Gómez M, Farré N, Mas-Stachurska A, Ivern C, Vila J, Martí-Almor J Tags: Chest Source Type: research