A pediatric perspective on the TAPSE/PASP ratio in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Martin Koestenberger; Hannes Sallmon; Georg Hansmann; European Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Network

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.11.092

A pediatric perspective on the TAPSE/PASP ratio in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Int J Cardiol. 2019 Mar 1;278:242. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.11.092.

Authors

Martin Koestenberger¹, Hannes Sallmon², Georg Hansmann³; European Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Network

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University Graz, Austria. Electronic address: Martin.Koestenberger@medunigraz.at.
² Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
³ Departments of Pediatric Cardiology and Critical Care, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

PMID: 30683328
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.11.092

No abstract available

Keywords: Children; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Pulmonary artery systolic pressure; Pulmonary vascular resistance; Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Child
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary*
Ventricular Function, Right