Noninvasive imaging methods provide valuable parameters for assessing right ventricular function and RV-PA coupling, which are crucial for monitoring disease progression in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
The use of appropriate parameters to identify cardiac function deterioration is crucial for monitoring PAH patients. In this regard, imaging tests and new parameters have increasingly demonstrated added value when combined with traditional tools. This review highlights the central role of the RV in PAH pathophysiology and progression. We present and discuss noninvasive imaging methods for RV assessment, focusing on summarizing recent studies that support the use of noninvasive measures to evaluate RV-PA coupling and right systolic function.
Kiyota et al. (Tue,) studied this question.