title: Imaging in pulmonary hypertension: Focus on the role of echocardiography.
abstract: Patients with pulmonary hypertension must be evaluated using a multimodality approach to ensure a correct diagnosis and basal evaluation as well as a prognostic assessment. Beyond the assessment of pulmonary pressures, the echocardiographical examination allows the evaluation of right ventricular adaptation to elevated afterload. Numbers of variables are commonly used in the assessment of the pulmonary hypertension patient in order to detect changes in right heart geometry, right-to-left interaction and right ventricular dysfunction. Whereas an isolated change in one echocardiographical variable is not meaningful, multiple echocardiographical variable modifications together provide accurate information. In this review, we will link pulmonary hypertension pathophysiological changes with echocardiographical indices and describe the clinical implications of echocardiographical findings.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital Pasteur, CHU de Nice, 30, avenue de la Voie-Romaine, BP69, CS 51069, 06001 Nice cedex 1, France. Electronic address: moceri.p@chu-nice.fr.
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moceri
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital Pasteur, CHU de Nice, 30, avenue de la Voie-Romaine, BP69, CS 51069, 06001 Nice cedex 1, France.
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baudouy
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital Pasteur, CHU de Nice, 30, avenue de la Voie-Romaine, BP69, CS 51069, 06001 Nice cedex 1, France.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Chiche
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital Pasteur, CHU de Nice, 30, avenue de la Voie-Romaine, BP69, CS 51069, 06001 Nice cedex 1, France.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cerboni
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital Pasteur, CHU de Nice, 30, avenue de la Voie-Romaine, BP69, CS 51069, 06001 Nice cedex 1, France.
authors.forename: Priscille
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bouvier
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital Pasteur, CHU de Nice, 30, avenue de la Voie-Romaine, BP69, CS 51069, 06001 Nice cedex 1, France.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chaussade
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital Pasteur, CHU de Nice, 30, avenue de la Voie-Romaine, BP69, CS 51069, 06001 Nice cedex 1, France.
authors.forename: Emile
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferrari
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D062186:Arterial Pressure; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right
keywords: Echocardiography; Hypertension pulmonaire; Prognosis; Pronostic; Pulmonary hypertension; Échocardiographie