Open AccessRight Ventricular Index for Risk Stratification of Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Author(s) -
Christoph Sinning,
Lars Harbaum,
Benedikt Schrage,
Nicole Rübsamen,
Christina Magnussen,
Benjamin Waschki,
Wilko H Kleemann,
Kaaja M. Baaske,
Maria Kögler,
Francisco Ojeda,
Christine Fischer,
Nicola Benjamin,
Dirk Westermann,
Elvin Zengin,
Ulrich Schäfer,
Benjamin Egenlauf,
Hans Klose,
Stefan Blankenberg,
Ekkehard Grünig
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000489231
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , cardiology , vascular resistance , pulmonary hypertension , cardiac index , hemodynamics , central venous pressure , lung transplantation , blood pressure , transplantation , cardiac output , heart rate , confidence interval
Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is a major prognostic predictor in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).