Mildly Elevated Pulmonary Arterial Pressure Is Associated With a High Risk of Progression to Pulmonary Hypertension and Increased Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined as a mean pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) ≥25 mm Hg measured by right heart catheterization. However, the upper limit of a normal mean PAP is 20 mm Hg. There is a gap between the upper limit of normal and the threshold for diagnosing PH. Therefore...

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Autores principales: Xue, Lin, Yang, Yicheng, Sun, Bo, Liu, Bingyang, Zeng, Qixian, Xiong, Changming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
Materias:
Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8174334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33754797
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.018374

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