Mild vs Severe Pulmonary Hypertension Before Heart Transplantation: Different Effects on Posttransplantation Pulmonary Hypertension and Mortality

Mild to moderate preoperative PH is associated with increased risk of developing early but not late posttransplantation PH and may suggest different management strategies. Although PH was not consistently associated with mortality, increasing severity of the preoperative PH suggests potentially worse prognosis.