The association of left ventricular histologically verified myocardial fibrosis with pulmonary hypertension in severe aortic stenosis

CONCLUSIONS: The extent of diffuse myocardial fibrosis in combination with reduced longitudinal left ventricular strain and increased plasma levels of NT-proBNP relates to pulmonary hypertension in severe aortic stenosis.PMID:34524051 | DOI:10.1177/02676591211042733

Source: Perfusion - September 15, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Birute Gumauskiene Egle Drebickaite Dalia Pangonyte Jolanta Justina Vaskelyte Lina Padervinskiene Povilas Jakuska Algimantas Budrikis Rokas Ereminas Egle Ereminiene Source Type: research