Key result
Patients with reactive pulmonary hypertension had a similar clinical, echocardiographic, and hemodynamic profile to those with proportional pulmonary hypertension.
Why the study?
Do clinical, laboratory, echocardiographic, and hemodynamic parameters differ between patients with reactive versus proportional pulmonary venous hypertension?
Observational (n=62)
Do clinical, laboratory, echocardiographic, and hemodynamic parameters differ between patients with reactive versus proportional pulmonary venous hypertension?
Patients with reactive and proportional pulmonary venous hypertension share similar clinical and hemodynamic profiles, making the development of reactive PH difficult to predict.
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Similar profiles limit clinical prediction of reactive PH; leaves open need for prospective differentiation studies.
Berger et al. (2011) conducted an observational in Pulmonary venous hypertension secondary to left heart disease (n=62). Reactive pulmonary hypertension vs. Proportional pulmonary hypertension was evaluated on Clinical, laboratory, echocardiographic and hemodynamic parameters. Patients with reactive pulmonary hypertension had a similar clinical, echocardiographic, and hemodynamic profile to those with proportional pulmonary hypertension.
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