Pulmonary artery to aorta ratio for the detection of pulmonary hypertension: cardiovascular magnetic resonance and invasive hemodynamics in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Karakus, Gultekin; Kammerlander, Andreas; Aschauer, Stefan; Marzluf, Beatrice; Zotter-Tufaro, Caroline; Bachmann, Alina; Degirmencioglu, Aleks; Duca, Franz; Babayev, Jamil; Pfaffenberger, Stefan; Bonderman, Diana; Mascherbauer, Julia

doi:10.1186/s12968-015-0184-3

Pulmonary artery to aorta ratio for the detection of pulmonary hypertension: cardiovascular magnetic resonance and invasive hemodynamics in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Atıf İçin Kopyala

Karakus G. , Kammerlander A. A. , Aschauer S., Marzluf B. A. , Zotter-Tufaro C., Bachmann A., et al.

JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, cilt.17, 2015 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)

Cilt numarası: 17
Basım Tarihi: 2015
Doi Numarası: 10.1186/s12968-015-0184-3
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE

Özet

Background: Previous work indicates that dilatation of the pulmonary artery (PA) itself or in relation to the ascending aorta (PA:Ao ratio) predicts pulmonary hypertension (PH). Whether these results also apply for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is unknown.