title: Developing a heart score: next steps.
abstract: The meeting of the Advisory Board of Experts in Pulmonary Hypertension (ABEPH) in 2011 discussed the potential development of a prognostic score for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) based on parameters associated with right ventricular function. During the discussion, a shortlist of parameters derived from hemodynamic, echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and biomarker analysis was developed. This shortlist is the starting point for developing a score that reflects heart function; such a score could have potential in the future clinical management of patients with PAH.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. nazzareno.galie@unibo.it.
authors.forename: Nazzereno
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Galiè
authors.forename: Lewis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: Gérald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Simonneau
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D004452:Echocardiography; D065627:Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011379:Prognosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers