May 27, 2011Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Pleural effusions occurring with right heart failure

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Patients with idiopathic/familial pulmonary arterial hypertension, pulmonary arterial hypertension…

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ABAnupama G. BrixeyUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison RLRichard W. LightVanderbilt University

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May aid risk stratification in PAH; hypothesis-generating for management of right heart failure complications.

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Population

Patients with idiopathic/familial pulmonary arterial hypertension, pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with connective tissue diseases, and portopulmonary hypertension

Outcome

Incidence of pleural effusions without an alternate explanation and their association with right heart failure, right atrial pressures, and mortality

Pleural effusions are common in specific subtypes of pulmonary arterial hypertension and are associated with isolated right heart failure and worse outcomes.

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Brixey et al. (2011) studied this question.

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Heart failure HFrEF treatment

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Pleural effusions occurring with right heart failure

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Pleural effusions occurring with right heart failure

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