Are hemodynamic markers of pulmonary hypertension associated with mortality and cardiac hospitalizations in patients with HFpEF?
In patients with HFpEF, invasive hemodynamic markers of pulmonary hypertension are significantly associated with adverse clinical outcomes including mortality and cardiac hospitalizations.
In a large cohort referred for invasive hemodynamic assessment, PH-HFpEF was common. Transpulmonary gradient, pulmonary vascular resistance, and diastolic pulmonary gradient are all associated with mortality and cardiac hospitalizations.
Vanderpool et al. (Wed,) studied this question.