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, GULTEKİN; 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

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

JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, vol.17, 2015 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 17
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.1186/s12968-015-0184-3
Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE

Abstract

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.