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Erschienen in: Heart and Vessels 7/2017

20.12.2016 | Original Article

Overestimation by echocardiography of the peak systolic pressure gradient between the right ventricle and right atrium due to tricuspid regurgitation and the usefulness of the early diastolic transpulmonary valve pressure gradient for estimating pulmonary artery pressure

verfasst von: Takuma Hioka, Sanae Kaga, Taisei Mikami, Kazunori Okada, Michito Murayama, Nobuo Masauzi, Masahiro Nakabachi, Hisao Nishino, Shinobu Yokoyama, Mutsumi Nishida, Hiroyuki Iwano, Mamoru Sakakibara, Satoshi Yamada, Hiroyuki Tsutsui

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Abstract

We investigated the influence of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) severity on the echocardiographic peak systolic transtricuspid pressure gradient (TRPG) and evaluated the usefulness of the peak early diastolic transpulmonary valve pressure gradient (PRPG) for estimating pulmonary artery (PA) pressure. In 55 consecutive right heart-catheterized patients, we measured the peak systolic right ventricular (RV)–right atrial (RA) pressure gradient (RV-RACATH), peak early diastolic PA-RV pressure gradient (PA-RVCATH), and mean PA pressure (MPAPCATH). Using echocardiography, we obtained the TRPG, PRPG, and an estimate of the mean PA pressure (EMPAP) as the sum of PRPG and the estimated RA pressure, and measured the vena contracta width of TR (VCTR). The difference between the TRPG and RV-RACATH was significantly greater in the very severe TR group (VCTR > 11 mm) than in the mild, moderate, and severe TR groups, and significantly greater in the severe TR group (7 < VCTR ≤ 11 mm) than in the mild TR group. The overestimation of the pressure gradient >10 mmHg by TRPG was not seen in the mild or moderate TR groups, but was observed in the severe and very severe TR groups (22 and 83%, respectively). In the ROC analysis, EMPAP could distinguish patients with MPAPCATH ≥ 25 mmHg with the area under the curve of 0.93, 100% sensitivity, and 87% specificity. In conclusion, TRPG frequently overestimated RV-RACATH when VCTR was >11 mm and sometimes did when VCTR was >7 mm, where EMPAP using PRPG was useful for estimating PA pressure.
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Metadaten
Titel
Overestimation by echocardiography of the peak systolic pressure gradient between the right ventricle and right atrium due to tricuspid regurgitation and the usefulness of the early diastolic transpulmonary valve pressure gradient for estimating pulmonary artery pressure
verfasst von
Takuma Hioka
Sanae Kaga
Taisei Mikami
Kazunori Okada
Michito Murayama
Nobuo Masauzi
Masahiro Nakabachi
Hisao Nishino
Shinobu Yokoyama
Mutsumi Nishida
Hiroyuki Iwano
Mamoru Sakakibara
Satoshi Yamada
Hiroyuki Tsutsui
Publikationsdatum
20.12.2016
Verlag
Springer Japan
Erschienen in
Heart and Vessels / Ausgabe 7/2017
Print ISSN: 0910-8327
Elektronische ISSN: 1615-2573
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-016-0929-4

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