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A publication of the Cardiovascular Imaging Department of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology
Uma publicação do Departamento de Imagem Cardiovascular da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia
DOI: 10.36660/abcimg.20240002i
Abstract Background: Considering that the effect of right ventricular (RV) failure on the right atrium (RA) is an essential part of the pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension (PH), the assessment of RA function seems to have prognostic value in the course of the disease, but there are still few studies on this subject. Objective: To evaluate myocardial strain of the RA in patients with precapillary PH. Methods: This is an observational, longitudinal, prospective study involving 36 patients with precapillary PH, in […]
Keywords: Doppler Echocardiography; Pulmonary Hypertension; Right Atrial Function