Hacer Ceren Tokgöz, Bahadır Erdem Öcal, Yiğit Cengiz Erkuş, Seda Tanyeri, Barkın Kültürsay, Ayhan Tosun, Berhan Keskin, Aykun Hakgör, Dicle Sırma, Çağdaş Buluş, Ali Karagöz, İbrahim Halil Tanboğa, Şeyhmus Külahçıoğlu, Zübeyde Bayram, Ahmet Sekban, Nihal Özdemir, Cihangir Kaymaz
BACKGROUND: We evaluated the predictive value of electrocardiographic (ECG) findings for pulmonary hemodynamics assessed by right heart catheterization (RHC). METHODS: Our study population comprised 562 retrospectively evaluated patients who underwent RHC between 2006 and 2022. Correlations between ECG measures and pulmonary arterial systolic and mean pressures (PASP and PAMP) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) were investigated. Moreover, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis assessed the predictive value of ECG for pulmonary hypertension (PH) and precapillary PH...
October 16, 2023: Anatolian Journal of Cardiology