A novel echocardiographic approach indicates disease severity in pediatric pulmonary hypertension

Martin Koestenberger; Alexander Avian; Massimiliano Cantinotti; Katharina Meinel; Georg Hansmann

doi:10.1111/ped.14163

A novel echocardiographic approach indicates disease severity in pediatric pulmonary hypertension

Pediatr Int. 2020 May;62(5):637-639. doi: 10.1111/ped.14163. Epub 2020 Apr 17.

Authors

Martin Koestenberger¹, Alexander Avian², Massimiliano Cantinotti³, Katharina Meinel¹, Georg Hansmann⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
² Institute for Medical Informatics, and Statistics and Documentation, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
³ Fondazione CNR-Regione Toscana G. Monasterio, Massa and Pisa, Italy.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Critical Care, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: New York Heart Association Functional class; pulmonary hypertension; tricuspid regurgitation velocity/ tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion ratio.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Echocardiography / methods*
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging
Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology*
Infant
Severity of Illness Index
Systole
Tricuspid Valve / diagnostic imaging*
Tricuspid Valve / physiopathology
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Function, Right

MeSH terms

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