Key result
Echocardiography guides the evaluation of acute RV failure in rapid-onset idiopathic pulmonary hypertension.
Why the study?
Echocardiography provides important prognostic and diagnostic information in pulmonary hypertension, but understanding the limits and accuracy of this method in certain settings is critical.
Case Report (n=1)
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Highlights a case of rapid onset idiopathic pulmonary hypertension and reviews the utility and limitations of echocardiography in its evaluation.
Alerts clinicians to rapid idiopathic PH in acute RV failure; single case leaves open validation of echo parameters.
Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) is an emerging issue. The prognosis in PHT is usually poor, independently from the etiology, with progressive right ventricle failure. Despite right Heart Catheterism is the gold standard for diagnosis of PHT, echocardiography provides important information about prognosis and is helpful in both follow-up and first evaluation of PHT patients, showing a good correlation with invasively measured parameters by right heart catheterization. However, it is important to understand the limits of this method, particularly in some settings, where transthoracic echocardiography has shown a lack of accuracy. In this case report we documented a case of rapid onset (3 months) idiopathic PHT and we provided a critical analysis of echocardiographic role in PHT.
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Pistelli et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension (n=1). A 64-year-old woman developed rapid onset idiopathic pulmonary hypertension over 3 months, demonstrating the utility of echocardiographic parameters in evaluating acute right ventricular failure.
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