Clinical Utility and Prognostic Value of Right Atrial Function in Pulmonary Hypertension
Alenezi F, Mandawat A, Il'Giovine ZJ, Shaw LK, Siddiqui I, Tapson VF, Arges K, Rivera D, Romano MMD, Velazquez EJ, Douglas PS, Samad Z, Rajagopal S. Clinical Utility and Prognostic Value of Right Atrial Function in Pulmonary Hypertension. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2018, 11: e006984. PMID: 30571314, PMCID: PMC6309911, DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.117.006984.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary arterial hypertensionArterial hypertensionRA dysfunctionLongitudinal strainComplete echocardiographic dataResults Study subjectsRight atrial functionRight atrial enlargementComposite of timeEarly diastolic SRPeak longitudinal strainRA conduitRA reservoirMultivariable adjustmentPulmonary hypertensionAtrial functionComposite outcomeDiastolic SRAtrial enlargementAtrial sizePrimary outcomePrognostic importancePrognostic valueAdverse outcomesMean age