Noninvasive cardiac imaging in pulmonary hypertension

Cardiol Rev. 2007 Mar-Apr;15(2):97-101. doi: 10.1097/01.crd.0000253644.43837.d7.

Abstract

Pulmonary artery hypertension is a rare disease with significant morbidity and mortality. Initial and serial noninvasive assessment of these patients can be accomplished with transthoracic echocardiography and/or cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. These complementary techniques provide the structural and functional information required to care for patients with pulmonary artery hypertension and are discussed in this review.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Blood Pressure Determination / methods
  • Echocardiography / methods
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / etiology