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15/Dec/2021
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2021AO5710
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the accuracy of a pulmonary hypertension screening strategy based on a combination of echocardiographic data and tomographic measurements (pulmonary artery diameter and pulmonary artery diameter to ascending aorta diameter ratio) in patients with chronic lung disease referred for lung transplantation. Methods A retrospective observational study with patients with pulmonary emphysema or fibrosis referred for transplantation between 2012 and 2016. Pulmonary hypertension was defined as mean pulmonary artery pressure ≥25mmHg, or between 21 and 24mmHg, with pulmonary […]
Keywords: Cardiac catheterization; Echocardiography; Hypertension, pulmonary; Thorax/diagnostic imaging; Tomography, x-ray computed; Transplantation