Is pulmonary vascular resistance index better than pulmonary vascular resistance in predicting outcomes in pulmonary arterial hypertension?

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
Ghaleb KhirfanAdriano R Tonelli

Abstract

In contrast to pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), PVR index (PVRI) accounts for variations in body habitus. We tested the association of PVRI compared to PVR with clinical outcomes in lean and obese (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This retrospective study included adult patients with PAH who underwent right heart catheterization at Cleveland Clinic between February 1992 and November 2019. We included 644 patients (mean age, 53 ± 16 years, and 74 % females). PAH was idiopathic or heritable in 44% of patients. Cardiac output increased (p <0.0001), while PVR decreased (p <0.0001) with increasing body weight. Both PVR and PVRI were associated with markers of disease severity, with more pronounced association for PVRI. Both PVR and PVRI were risk factors for first PAH hospitalization, mortality and mortality or lung transplant in the whole cohort and the group of patients with BMI < 30 kg/m2. However, PVRI (HR (95% CI): 1.06 (1.02 -1.11)), but not PVR (HR (95% CI): 1.03 (0.99-1.07)), was a risk factor for first PAH hospitalization in obese patients. In the obese group, neither PVR nor PVRI were risk factors for mortality. PVRI appears to have a stronger association than PVR with disease severit...Continue Reading

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