Assessment of Pulmonary Vascular Resistance by Doppler Echocardiography in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 927-934

  Selimovic, Nedim ^a   Rundqvist, Bengt ^a   Bergh, Claes Hakan ^a   Andersson, Bert ^a   Petersson, Sofia ^a   Johansson, Lena ^a   Bech Hanssen, Odd ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VALVE; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; SYSTOLE; THERMODILUTION; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEINS; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 34548418108     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Rubin L.J. Primary pulmonary hypertension. N Engl J Med 336 (1997) 111-117
2. D'Alonzo G.E., Barst R.J., Ayres S.M., et al. Survival in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension. Results from a national prospective registry. Ann Intern Med 115 (1991) 343-349
3. Sitbon O., Humbert M., Nunes H., et al. Long-term intravenous epoprostenol infusion in primary pulmonary hypertension: prognostic factors and survival. J Am Coll Cardiol 40 (2002) 780-788
4. Bossone E., Bodini B.D., Mazza A., et al. Pulmonary arterial hypertension: the key role of echocardiography. Chest 127 (2005) 1836-1843
5. Louie E.K., Rich S., and Brundage B.H. Doppler echocardiographic assessment of impaired left ventricular filling in patients with right ventricular pressure overload due to primary pulmonary hypertension. J Am Coll Cardiol 8 (1986) 1298-1306
6. Raymond R.J., Hinderliter A.L., Willis P.W., et al. Echocardiographic predictors of adverse outcomes in primary pulmonary hypertension. J Am Coll Cardiol 39 (2002) 1214-1219
7. Lanzarini L., Fontana A., Lucca E., et al. Noninvasive estimation of both systolic and diastolic pulmonary artery pressure from Doppler analysis of tricuspid regurgitant velocity spectrum in patients with chronic heart failure. Am Heart J 144 (2002) 1087-1094
8. Stephen B., Dalal P., Berger M., et al. Noninvasive estimation of pulmonary artery diastolic pressure in patients with tricuspid regurgitation by Doppler echocardiography. Chest 116 (1999) 73-77
9. Kircher B.J., Himelman R.B., and Schiller N.B. Noninvasive estimation of right atrial pressure from the inspiratory collapse of the inferior vena cava. Am J Cardiol 66 (1990) 493-496
10. Rakowski H., Appleton C., Chan K.L., et al. Canadian consensus recommendations for the measurement and reporting of diastolic dysfunction by echocardiography: from the Investigators of Consensus on Diastolic Dysfunction by Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 9 (1996) 736-760
11. Bland J.M., and Altman D.G. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet i (1986) 307-310
12. Abbas A.E., Fortuin F.D., Schiller N.B., et al. A simple method for noninvasive estimation of pulmonary vascular resistance. J Am Coll Cardiol 41 (2003) 1021-1027
13. Lanzarini L., Fontana A., Campana C., et al. Two simple echo-Doppler measurements can accurately identify pulmonary hypertension in the large majority of patients with chronic heart failure. J Heart Lung Transplant 24 (2005) 745-754
14. Berger M., Haimowitz A., Van Tosh A., et al. Quantitative assessment of pulmonary hypertension in patients with tricuspid regurgitation using continuous wave Doppler ultrasound. J Am Coll Cardiol 6 (1985) 359-365
15. Currie P.J., Seward J.B., Chan K.L., et al. Continuous wave Doppler determination of right ventricular pressure: a simultaneous Doppler-catheterization study in 127 patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 6 (1985) 750-756
16. Hinderliter A.L., Willis P.W.T., Barst R.J., et al. Effects of long-term infusion of prostacyclin (epoprostenol) on echocardiographic measures of right ventricular structure and function in primary pulmonary hypertension. Circulation 95 (1997) 1479-1486
17. Ihlen H., Amlie J.P., Dale J., et al. Determination of cardiac output by Doppler echocardiography. Br Heart J 51 (1984) 54-60
18. Lewis J.F., Kuo L.C., Nelson J.G., et al. Pulsed Doppler echocardiographic determination of stroke volume and cardiac output: clinical validation of two new methods using the apical window. Circulation 70 (1984) 425-431
19. Galie N., Hinderliter A.L., Torbicki A., et al. Effects of the oral endothelin-receptor antagonist bosentan on echocardiographic and Doppler measures in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Am Coll Cardiol 41 (2003) 1380-1386
20. Coats A.J. Doppler ultrasonic measurement of cardiac output: reproducibility and validation. Eur Heart J 11 suppl I (1990) 49-61
21. Hoeper M.M., Maier R., Tongers J., et al. Determination of cardiac output by the Fick method, thermodilution, and acetylene rebreathing in pulmonary hypertension. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. Aug 160 (1999) 535-541
22. Mahmud E., Raisinghani A., Hassankhani A., et al. Correlation of left ventricular diastolic filling characteristics with right ventricular overload and pulmonary artery pressure in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. J Am Coll Cardiol 40 (2002) 318-324
23. Schena M., Clini E., Errera D., et al. Echo-Doppler evaluation of left ventricular impairment in chronic cor pulmonale. Chest 109 (1996) 1446-1451
24. Rubin L.J. Diagnosis and management of pulmonary arterial hypertension: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Chest 126 suppl 1 (2004) 4S-6S