A stepwise composite echocardiographic score predicts severe pulmonary hypertension in patients with interstitial lung disease

A stepwise composite echocardiographic score predicts severe pulmonary hypertension in patients with interstitial lung disease

European Respiratory Society (ERS) guidelines recommend the assessment of patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) and severe pulmonary hypertension (PH), as defined by a mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) ≥35 mmHg at right heart catheterisation (RHC). We developed and validated a stepwise e...

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Main Authors: Simon Bax, Charlene Bredy, Aleksander Kempny, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Anand Devaraj, Simon Walsh, Joseph Jacob, Arjun Nair, Maria Kokosi, Gregory Keir, Vasileios Kouranos, Peter M. George, Colm McCabe, Michael Wilde, Athol Wells, Wei Li, Stephen John Wort, Laura C. Price
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2018-05-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/4/2/00124-2017.full

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