AB0753 Potential of cardio-thoracic ratio measured on chest radiography for the prediction of pulmonary hypertension: correlation with pulmonary arterial systolic pressure estimated by echocardiography

2013 ◽  
Vol 72 (Suppl 3) ◽  
pp. A1019.2-A1019
Author(s):  
S. Y. Lee ◽  
S. W. Lee ◽  
W. T. Chung ◽  
J. H. Bae
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. G11-G24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel X Augustine ◽  
Lindsay D Coates-Bradshaw ◽  
James Willis ◽  
Allan Harkness ◽  
Liam Ring ◽  
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Pulmonary hypertension is defined as a mean arterial pressure of ≥25 mmHg as confirmed on right heart catheterisation. Traditionally, the pulmonary arterial systolic pressure has been estimated on echo by utilising the simplified Bernoulli equation from the peak tricuspid regurgitant velocity and adding this to an estimate of right atrial pressure. Previous studies have demonstrated a correlation between this estimate of pulmonary arterial systolic pressure and that obtained from invasive measurement across a cohort of patients. However, for an individual patient significant overestimation and underestimation can occur and the levels of agreement between the two is poor. Recent guidance has suggested that echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary hypertension should be limited to determining the probability of pulmonary hypertension being present rather than estimating the pulmonary artery pressure. In those patients in whom the presence of pulmonary hypertension requires confirmation, this should be done with right heart catheterisation when indicated. This guideline protocol from the British Society of Echocardiography aims to outline a practical approach to assessing the probability of pulmonary hypertension using echocardiography and should be used in conjunction with the previously published minimum dataset for a standard transthoracic echocardiogram.


1996 ◽  
Vol 77 (9) ◽  
pp. 767-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Abergel ◽  
Gilles Chatellier ◽  
Pierre Toussaint ◽  
Jean-Claude Dib ◽  
Joël Menard ◽  
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CHEST Journal ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 145 (3) ◽  
pp. 244A
Author(s):  
Vasileios Kouranos ◽  
Aggeliki Rapti ◽  
Elias Gialafos ◽  
Konstantina Aggeli ◽  
Petros Sfikakis ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 305 (9) ◽  
pp. H1373-H1381 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Guazzi ◽  
F. Bandera ◽  
G. Pelissero ◽  
S. Castelvecchio ◽  
L. Menicanti ◽  
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Echo-derived pulmonary arterial systolic pressure (PASP) and right ventricular (RV) tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE; from the end of diastole to end-systole) are of basic relevance in the clinical follow-up of heart failure (HF) patients, carrying two- to threefold increase in cardiac risk when increased and reduced, respectively. We hypothesized that the relationship between TAPSE (longitudinal RV fiber shortening) and PASP (force generated by the RV) provides an index of in vivo RV length-force relationship, with their ratio better disclosing prognosis. Two hundred ninety-three HF patients with reduced (HFrEF, n = 247) or with preserved left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (HFpEF, n = 46) underwent echo-Doppler studies and N-terminal pro-brain-type natriuretic peptide assessment and were tracked for adverse events. The median follow-up duration was 20.8 mo. TAPSE vs. PASP relationship showed a downward regression line shift in nonsurvivors who were more frequently presenting with higher PASP and lower TAPSE. HFrEF and HFpEF patients exhibited a similar distribution along the regression line. Given the TAPSE, PASP, and TAPSE-to-PASP ratio (TAPSE/PASP) collinearity, separate Cox regression and Kaplan-Meier analyses were performed: one with TAPSE and PASP as individual measures, and the other combining them in ratio form. Hazard ratios for variables retained in the multivariate regression were as follows: TAPSE/PASP </≥ 0.36 mm/mmHg [hazard ratio (HR): 10.4, P < 0.001]; TAPSE </≥ 16 mm (HR: 5.1, P < 0.01); New York Heart Association functional class </≥ 3 (HR: 4.4, P < 0.001); E/e’ (HR: 4.1, P < 0.001). This study shows that the TAPSE vs. PASP relationship is shifted downward in nonsurvivors with a similar distribution in HFrEF and HFpEF, and their ratio improves prognostic resolution. The TAPSE vs. PASP relationship as a possible index of the length-force relationship may be a step forward for a more efficient RV function evaluation and is not affected by the quality of LV dysfunction.


2011 ◽  
Vol 179 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 294-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rémi Mounier ◽  
Aimé Amonchot ◽  
Nicolas Caillot ◽  
Cécile Gladine ◽  
Bernard Citron ◽  
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