Kempton, Hannah and Hungerford, Sara and Muller, David W. and Hayward, Christopher S. (2024) Pulmonary arterial compliance as a measure of right ventricular loading in mitral regurgitation. IJC Heart & Vasculature, 53. p. 101472. ISSN 23529067
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Abstract
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common and prognostically important complication of mitral regurgitation (MR). Mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) are traditionally used to diagnose PH, however these indices measure static rather than pulsatile load, leading to an incomplete representation of pulmonary vascular load on the right ventricle (RV). Pulmonary arterial compliance (PAC) is one method for quantifying pulsatile load, and is both a stronger predictor of prognosis in left heart failure, as well as a more sensitive measure of early pulmonary vascular dysfunction than PVR. With the expansion of transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve therapies, there is renewed interest to more accurately define the load imposed by the pulmonary vasculature on the RV, especially in the early phase, prior to the onset of chronic PH. This review discusses the pathophysiology of pH in left heart failure and MR, the utility of PAC as a measure of RV afterload, and its calculation for clinical use and interpretation, underlining the utility of PAC as an adjunct for assessing pulmonary vascular haemodynamics.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Depositing User: | Repository Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Dec 2024 07:27 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Dec 2024 07:28 |
| URI: | https://eprints.victorchang.edu.au/id/eprint/1585 |
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