International journal of clinical practice. Supplement
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Int J Clin Pract Suppl · May 2013
Qualitative echocardiography parameters for prediction of pulmonary hypertension.
Current guidelines recommend echocardiography as the preferred screening method for pulmonary hypertension (PH). The probability of PH is primarily assessed by estimating the right ventricular systolic pressure while the value of qualitative parameters is uncertain. The aim of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic yield of qualitative and quantitative parameters from routine echocardiography reports for PH diagnosis. ⋯ Qualitative parameters are frequently described in routine echocardiography reports and are valuable for the prediction of PH with a similar diagnostic accuracy as the estimation of right ventricular systolic pressure.