The Application of Intravascular Ultrasound to Evaluate Pulmonary Vascular Properties and Mortality in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5612142	Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography	2016	9 Pages	PDF

Abstract

IVUS is useful in PAH assessment by evaluating pulmonary vascular properties and predicting mortality. The classification of the proximal and distal remodeling type of PAH may be proposed to predict mortality and evaluate the prognosis of patients with PAH in clinical practice.

Keywords

TGF-β1 VDd Diastolic pulmonary artery pressure VDS Transforming Growth Factor–β1 PF-4 LDD SPAP mPAP IPAH LDS Inflammation factors CHD WTP VAS PAH PVP RHC PPP SSC CTD MWT PAWP dPAP IVUS systemic sclerosis Cardiac output Connective tissue disease Congenital heart disease connective tissue diseases intravascular ultrasound PVR Pulmonary arterial hypertension systolic pulmonary artery pressure mean pulmonary artery pressure Pulmonary artery wedge pressure Vessel diameter Systemic lupus erythematosus SLE Elastic modulus Pulmonary vascular resistance Pulmonary hypertension Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension VAD Right-heart catheterization