Echocardiographic Grading of Right Ventricular Afterload in Left Heart Disease: Relation to Right Ventricular Function, Pulsatile and Resistant Load, and Outcome
20 February 2025
https://doi.org/10.1002/pul2.70055
Abstract
In the study “Echocardiographic grading of right ventricular afterload in left heart disease: relation to right ventricular function, pulsatile and resistant load, and outcome,” Bech-Hanssen et al. addressed an interesting topic about severity gradation using right ventricular (RV) afterload echocardiographic assessment. In a population of group 2 pulmonary hypertension (PH), resistant and pulsatile RV afterload metrics were incorporated in an original score based on echocardiographic doppler analysis.