Noninvasive cardiac imaging in pulmonary hypertension.
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.
Sallach
Susan M
SM
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas 75390-9047, USA.
Peshock
Ron M
RM
Reimold
Sharon
S
D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology