Left atrium volume and ventricular volume ratio algorithm as indication of pulmonary hypertension etiology.
Acta Radiol
; 64(9): 2518-2525, 2023 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Pressure overload of the right heart (pulmonary hypertension [PH]) can be an acute or a chronic process with various pathophysiologic changes affecting the dimensions of the heart chambers. The automatic four-chamber volumetric analysis tool is now available to measure the volume of the cardiac chambers in patients undergoing a computed tomography pulmonary angiogram (CTPA).PURPOSE:
To characterize the volumetric changes that occurred in response to increased systolic pulmonary arterial pressures (sPAP) in acute events, such as acute pulmonary embolism (APE), compared with other etiologies. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Consecutive patients who underwent CTPA and echocardiography within 24â h between 2011 and 2015 were included. Differences in cardiac chamber volumes were investigated in correlation to the patients' sPAP.RESULTS:
The final cohort of 961 patients included 221 (23%) patients diagnosed with APE. The right (RV) to left (LV) ventricular volume ratio (VVR) was higher, while the left atrial (LA) volume index was smaller (P < 0.001) in the patients with APE. A decision tree for the prediction of APE showed that an RV to left VVR >2.8 was characteristic of APE, whereas an LA volume index >37.5â mL/m² was more compatible with PH due to other etiologies (P < 0.001).CONCLUSION:
The combination of VVR and LA volume index may help in differentiating between APE and chronic PH. CTPA-based volumetric information may be used to help clarify the underlying etiology of the dyspnea.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Embolia Pulmonar
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Hominidae
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Hipertensión Pulmonar
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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Humans
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Año:
2023
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