Noninvasive assessment of pulmonary vascular resistance by echocardiography in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Respiratory Investigation
Hajime KasaiKoichiro Tatsumi

Abstract

Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) is an important parameter in the management of patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), and numerous noninvasive methods for PVR prediction have been proposed. However, a systematic evaluation of the methods that are specific for CTEPH has not been conducted. We compared a variety of echocardiography-derived prediction indices with direct right heart catheterization (RHC) to identify the most reliable noninvasive indicator of PVR in patients with CTEPH. Echocardiography and RHC were performed sequentially in 40 patients (mean age: 62.4±11.4 years; 30 females) with CTEPH. We measured the peak flow velocity of tricuspid regurgitation (TRV), tricuspid regurgitation pressure gradient (TRPG), right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) time-velocity integral (TVIRVOT), left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) time-velocity integral (TVILVOT), cardiac output at RVOT (CORVOT), and the LVOT (COLVOT) using echocardiography. The parameters TRV/TVIRVOT, TRV/TVILVOT, TRV/CORVOT, TRV/COLVOT, TRPG/TVIRVOT, TRPG/TVILVOT, TRPG/CORVOT, and TRPG/COLVOT were then calculated to predict the PVR. Finally, correlations between these echocardiographic predictors of PVR and the PVR data obtained f...Continue Reading

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