Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Methods Subjects were eligible for entry if they had documented PAH as defined by WHO Criteria and were referred for a clinically indicated CMR exam where routine 3D metrics and LGE were performed. All images were retrospectively reviewed. The data collected as follows: right and left ventricular RV/LV EDVI and ESVI; RVEF and LVEF; RV anterior and inferior hinge point angle measurements (systole and diastole); LV diameters to determine eccentricity index in diastole and systole; RV hinge point LGE and right heart catheterization: RV and pulmonary arterial (PA) pressures. The hinge point angles were measured at the level of the head of the papillary muscles in the short axis. LGE was determined on the SA LGE images as not present, mild, moderate or severe (zero, 1, 2 or 3). All were related to right heart derived pressures. All patients were analyzed using IBM Statistical Package, PASW, version 18 (Formally SPSS).
Institution: Allegheny General Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,000
OpenAlex ID: W2071048889