Determinants and prognostic implications of the negative diastolic pulmonary pressure gradient in patients with pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 88-97

  Nagy, Anikó Ilona ^a   Venkateshvaran, Ashwin ^b,c   Merkely, Béla ^a   Lund, Lars H ^d,e   Manouras, Aristomenis ^d,e  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c SRI SATHYA SAI INSTITUTE OF HIGHER MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diastolic pressure gradient; Pulmonary hypertension; V wave

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; MINERALOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST;

ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC PULMONARY PRESSURE GRADIENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEFT HEART DISEASE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; AGED; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84991738148     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.675     Document Type: Article

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