Right heart catheterization (RHC) is essential for accurate PAH diagnosis but is underutilized, with only 75% of patients undergoing the procedure at diagnosis. Factors increasing RHC likelihood ...

[16] Complete cardiac catheterization should be performed in all patients undergoing an evaluation of pulmonary arterial hypertension, and remains the gold standard for its diagnosis and ...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a chronic, life-threatening condition involving high blood pressure in the arteries of the ...

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is underdiagnosed in patients with severe secondary tricuspid regurgitation (STR) of undefined etiology (isolated STR).

Fellows gain procedural expertise in performing right heart catheterization, with and without vasodilator challenge, in patients presenting for initial working diagnosis or follow up evaluation of ...

Pulmonary arteries are a type of blood vessel that is responsible for oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the lungs. It ...

Diagnosis of scimitar ... Unrelenting pulmonary hypertension can cause irreversible damage to the pulmonary vascular bed and lead to eventual right heart failure ( Table 2). The most striking ...