Right atrial pressure/pulmonary artery wedge pressure ratio: A more specific predictor of survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Fares WH, Bellumkonda L, Tonelli AR, Carson SS, Hassoun PM, Trow TK, Herzog EL, Kaminski N, Kholdani CA, Zhang L, Zhou Y, Hammel JP, Dweik RA. Right atrial pressure/pulmonary artery wedge pressure ratio: A more specific predictor of survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2016, 35: 760-767. PMID: 26856665, DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.12.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary arterial hypertensionHemodynamic variablesArterial hypertensionCohort 2Cohort 1Accurate prognostic variableRelative prognostic valueSpecific predictorsCurrent prognostic modelsMultivariable regression modelsPAH registryPAH patientsHazard ratioPAH cohortReferral centerPrognostic valueMean ageClinical trialsClinical prognosticationPrognostic variablesSeparate cohortDisease statusFatal diseasePrognostic modelSecondary analysis