European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging
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Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging · Jan 2021
Predictive value of non-invasive right ventricle to pulmonary circulation coupling in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a serious and devastating complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), especially when the right ventricle (RV) fails. Whether the ratio between tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) and pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) measured by echocardiography as a simple surrogate of RV to pulmonary circulation (PC) coupling predicts the outcome of SLE-associated PAH has not been investigated. ⋯ The TAPSE/PASP ratio, combined with 6MWD, provides clinical and prognostic insights into patients with SLE-associated PAH. A low TAPSE/PASP and low 6MWD identifies the subgroup of patients with high risk of poor prognosis.
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Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging · Sep 2020
Multicenter StudyGlobal evaluation of echocardiography in patients with COVID-19.
To describe the cardiac abnormalities in patients with COVID-19 and identify the characteristics of patients who would benefit most from echocardiography. ⋯ In this global survey, cardiac abnormalities were observed in half of all COVID-19 patients undergoing echocardiography. Abnormalities were often unheralded or severe, and imaging changed management in one-third of patients.