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ArticleThe Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation2021

Is pulmonary vascular resistance index better than pulmonary vascular resistance in predicting outcomes in pulmonary arterial hypertension?

Ghaleb Khirfan, Manshi Li, Xiaofeng Wang, Raed A Dweik, Gustavo A Heresi, Adriano R Tonelli

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Article in The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Hemodynamic indices in pulmonary hypertension: a narrative review.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2022
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ghaleb KhirfanDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Manshi LiDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Xiaofeng WangDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Raed A DweikDepartment of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine. Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Gustavo A HeresiDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Adriano R TonelliStaff, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Electronic address: tonella@ccf.org.
Cleveland Clinic · US

Funding

Extrapulmonary Microvascular Dysfunction in Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionR01HL130307 · NHLBI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI TONELLI, ADRIANO · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL130307
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn contrast to pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), PVR index (PVRI) accounts for variations in body habitus. We tested the association of PVRI compared to PVR with clinical outcomes in lean and obese (BMI ≥30 kg/m

methodsThis retrospective study included adult patients with PAH who underwent right heart catheterization at Cleveland Clinic between February 1992 and November 2019.

resultsWe included 644 patients (mean age, 53 ± 16 years, and 74 % females). PAH was idiopathic or heritable in 44% of patients. Cardiac output increased (p <0.0001), while PVR decreased (p <0.0001) with increasing body weight. Both PVR and PVRI were associated with markers of disease severity, with more pronounced association for PVRI. Both PVR and PVRI were risk factors for first PAH hospitalization, mortality and mortality or lung transplant in the whole cohort and the group of patients with BMI < 30 kg/m

conclusionsPVRI appears to have a stronger association than PVR with disease severity markers in PAH; however, both PVR and PVRI were similarly associated with hospitalizations and survival in the overall cohort. We found no strong evidence to recommend a change from PVR to PVRI in the definition of PAH.

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Cardiac CatheterizationCardiac OutputFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedOhioPrognosisPulmonary Arterial HypertensionRetrospective StudiesSurvival RateVascular Resistancemortalityoutcomepulmonary arterial hypertensionpulmonary vascular resistancepulmonary vascular resistance index

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PMCPMC8238810
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