Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · Jan 2001
Independent and additive prognostic value of right ventricular systolic function and pulmonary artery pressure in patients with chronic heart failure.
We sought a better understanding of the coupling between right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) and pulmonary artery pressure (PAP), as it might improve the accuracy of the prognostic stratification of patients with heart failure. ⋯ These observations emphasize the necessity of combining the right heart hemodynamic variables with a functional evaluation of the RV when trying to define the individual risk of patients with heart failure.