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ArticlePulmonary circulation2024

Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion to pulmonary artery systolic pressure ratio in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension improves with balloon pulmonary angioplasty.

Jenny Z Yang, David S Poch, Lawrence Ang, Ehtisham Mahmud, Marie Angela Bautista, Mona Alotaibi, Timothy M Fernandes, Kim M Kerr, Demosthenes G Papamatheakis, Nick H Kim

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Jenny Z YangDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4844-8715
David S PochDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla California USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7669-3662
Lawrence AngDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla California USA.
Ehtisham MahmudDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla California USA.
Marie Angela BautistaDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla California USA.
Mona AlotaibiDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla California USA.
Timothy M FernandesDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla California USA.
Kim M KerrDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla California USA.
Demosthenes G PapamatheakisDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla California USA.
Nick H KimDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla California USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Right ventricle (RV)-to-pulmonary artery (PA) coupling measured by the ratio of echocardiography-derived tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) and pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) is a meaningful prognostic marker in pulmonary hypertension (PH). It's unclear if balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) alters RV-PA coupling measured by TAPSE/PASP. We reviewed CTEPH patients treated with BPA at our institution who had a transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) before BPA and a follow-up TTE at any point during BPA. TAPSE was obtained from the initial and lattermost TTE; hemodynamics were obtained before each BPA session. Between March 2015 to October 2023, there were 228 patients treated with BPA. After excluding post-PTE patients and those without PH, 67 were included. Initial TAPSE/PASP was 0.39 ± 0.21 mm/mmHg. Using previously defined TAPSE/PASP tertiles in PH (<0.19, 0.19-0.32, >0.32 mm/mmHg), there were 6 patients (9%) in low, 30 (45%) in middle, and 31 (46%) in the high tertiles at baseline. The lower TAPSE/PASP tertiles had more severe baseline hemodynamics (

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BPACTEPHechocardiographyRV‐PA couplingTAPSE

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PMCPMC11452838

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