title: The prognostic significance of pulmonary arterial capacitance in pulmonary arterial hypertension: single-center experience.
abstract: This study explores the prognostic utility of pulmonary arterial capacitance (PAC) in a diverse cohort of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) from a tertiary referral center and compares it with the prognostic utility of other hemodynamic parameters. PAC is a strong independent predictor of mortality in patients with PAH.
authors.affiliation: Present affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Al-Naamani
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Ioana R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Preston
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Nicholas S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Kari E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Roberts
keywords: prognosis; pulmonary arterial capacitance; pulmonary arterial hypertension