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ArticleClinical cardiology2021

Impact of the new pulmonary hypertension definition on long-term mortality in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing valve replacement.

Micha T Maeder, Lukas Weber, Daniel Weilenmann, Joannis Chronis, Lucas Joerg, Susanne Pohle, Philipp K Haager, Martin Brutsche, Thomas Neumann, Otto D Schoch and 1 more

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Article in Clinical cardiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Micha T MaederCardiology Division, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7036-5791
Lukas WeberCardiology Division, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Daniel WeilenmannCardiology Division, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Joannis ChronisCardiology Division, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Lucas JoergCardiology Division, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Susanne PohleRespiratory Medicine Division, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Philipp K HaagerCardiology Division, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Martin BrutscheRespiratory Medicine Division, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Thomas NeumannRheumatology Division, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Otto D SchochRespiratory Medicine Division, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Hans RickliCardiology Division, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Kantonsspital St. Gallen · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe new 2018 pulmonary hypertension (PH) definition includes a lower mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) cut-off (>20 mmHg rather than ≥25 mmHg) and the compulsory requirement of a pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) ≥3 Wood units (WU) to define precapillary PH. We assessed the clinical impact of the 2018 compared to the 2015 PH definition in aortic stenosis (AS) patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR).

methodsSevere AS patients (n = 487) undergoing pre-AVR right heart catheterization were classified according to the 2015 and 2018 definitions. Post-AVR mortality (median follow-up 44 months) was assessed.

resultsBased on the 2015 definition, 66 (13%) patients exhibited combined pre and postcapillary PH (CpcPH), 116 (24%) isolated post-capillary PH (IpcPH), 28 (6%) precapillary PH, and 277 (57%) no PH at all. Overall, 52 (11%) patients were reclassified: 23 no PH into IpcPH; 8 no PH into precapillary PH; 20 precapillary PH into no PH; 1 CpcPH into IpcPH. By the 2015 definition, only CpcPH patients displayed increased mortality, whereas by the 2018 definition, precapillary PH patients also experienced higher mortality than those without PH. Among the PH definition components, PVR ≥3 WU was the strongest predictor of death (hazard ratio > 4).

conclusionsIn severe AS, a higher number of IpcPH patients are diagnosed by the 2018 definition, even though they have the same prognosis as those without PH. Patients with true precapillary PH are more accurately identified by the 2018 definition that includes a pulmonary vascular disease criterion, that is, PVR ≥3 WU, a strong mortality predictor.

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Aortic Valve StenosisHypertension, PulmonaryAortic ValveCardiac CatheterizationHumansRetrospective StudiesVascular Resistanceaortic valve replacementcardiac catheterizationpulmonary artery wedge pressurepulmonary vascular resistance

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PMID34219245
PMCPMC8428068
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