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- Title
Echocardiography in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Is It Time to Reconsider Its Prognostic Utility?
- Authors
Farmakis, Ioannis T.; Demerouti, Eftychia; Karyofyllis, Panagiotis; Karatasakis, George; Stratinaki, Maria; Tsiapras, Dimitrios; Athanassopoulos, George; Voudris, Vassilios; Giannakoulas, George
- Abstract
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by an insult in the pulmonary vasculature, with subsequent right ventricular (RV) adaptation to the increased afterload that ultimately leads to RV failure. The awareness of the importance of RV function in PAH has increased considerably because right heart failure is the predominant cause of death in PAH patients. Given its wide availability and reduced cost, echocardiography is of paramount importance in the evaluation of the right heart in PAH. Several echocardiographic parameters have been shown to have prognostic implications in PAH; however, the role of echocardiography in the risk assessment of the PAH patient is limited under the current guidelines. This review discusses the echocardiographic evaluation of the RV in PAH and during therapy, and its prognostic implications, as well as the potential significant role of repeated echocardiographic assessment in the follow-up of patients with PAH.
- Subjects
PULMONARY arterial hypertension; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CAUSES of death; HEART failure; RISK assessment
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021, Vol 10, Issue 13, p2826
- ISSN
2077-0383
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/jcm10132826