Pulmonary artery pulsatility index predicts right ventricular myofilament dysfunction in advanced human heart failure

M Imran Aslam; Vivek Jani; Brian L Lin; Brittany Dunkerly-Eyring; Carissa E Livingston; Abhinay Ramachandran; Mark J Ranek; Kenneth C Bedi; Kenneth B Margulies; David A Kass; Steven Hsu

doi:10.1002/ejhf.2084

Pulmonary artery pulsatility index predicts right ventricular myofilament dysfunction in advanced human heart failure

Eur J Heart Fail. 2021 Feb;23(2):339-341. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2084. Epub 2021 Jan 5.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
² Department of Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³ Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Abstract

Among clinical indices of right heart failure in advanced heart failure, the pulmonary artery pulsatility index best reflects underlying defects in right ventricular myofilament contractility.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Heart Failure*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Myofibrils
Pulmonary Artery
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right*
Ventricular Function, Right

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding