Sarah Hoedemakers, Nicola Riccardo Pugliese, Jan Stassen, Arnaud Vanoppen, Jade Claessens, Tin Gojevic, Youri Bekhuis, Maarten Falter, Sara Moura Ferreira, Sebastiaan Dhont, Nicolò De Biase, Lavinia Del Punta, Valerio Di Fiore, Marco De Carlo, Cristina Giannini, Andrea Colli, Raluca Elena Dulgheru, Jolien Geers, Alaaddin Yilmaz, Guido Claessen, Philippe Bertrand, Steven Droogmans, Patrizio Lancellotti, Bernard Cosyns, Frederik H Verbrugge, Lieven Herbots, Stefano Masi, Jan Verwerft
BACKGROUND: Recent guidelines redefined exercise pulmonary hypertension as a mean pulmonary artery pressure/cardiac output (mPAP/CO) slope >3 mm Hg·L-1 ·min-1 . A peak systolic pulmonary artery pressure >60 mm Hg during exercise has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular death, heart failure rehospitalization, and aortic valve replacement in aortic valve stenosis. The prognostic value of the mPAP/CO slope in aortic valve stenosis remains unknown...
April 9, 2024: Circulation