Right heart catheterization (RHC) is essential for accurate PAH diagnosis but is underutilized, with only 75% of patients undergoing the procedure at diagnosis. Factors increasing RHC likelihood ...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a chronic, life-threatening condition involving high blood pressure in the arteries of the ...

It impacts the right side of the heart and arteries in the lungs. There can be various causes influencing the onset of ...

Fifty patients with pulmonary hypertension of varying causes (28 with PAH, five in WHO group 3 and 17 in WHO group 4) underwent drug administration during right-heart catheterization. Subjects ...

[16] Complete cardiac catheterization should be performed in all patients undergoing an evaluation of pulmonary arterial hypertension, and remains the gold standard for its diagnosis and ...

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is underdiagnosed in patients with severe secondary tricuspid regurgitation (STR) of undefined etiology (isolated STR).

Pulmonary Hypertension Right Heart Catheterization Service (Pulmonary Hypertension Program) Fellows gain procedural expertise in performing right heart catheterization, with and without vasodilator ...