Open AccessNoninvasive predictors of functional capacity in patients with pulmonary hypertension due to congenital heart disease: A pilot echocardiography single-center study
Author(s) -
Amr Mansour,
Alaa Roushdy,
Bahaaeldin Harb,
Heba Attia
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular echography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2347-193X
pISSN - 2211-4122
DOI - 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_41_20
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricle , cutoff , pulmonary hypertension , pulmonary artery , receiver operating characteristic , single center , area under the curve , heart disease , multivariate analysis , physics , quantum mechanics
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) with congenital heart disease (CHD) affects the functional capacity (FC), quality of life, and survival. However, the importance of different echocardiographic parameters and their correlation with FC is unclear.