Original InvestigationLeft Ventricular Filling Pressure in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
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Key words
chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
left atrial volume
left ventricular end-diastolic pressure
left ventricular filling pressure
mean pulmonary arterial wedge pressure
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AUC
area under the curve
BPA
balloon pulmonary angioplasty
CTEPH
chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
dPAP
diastolic pulmonary artery pressure
ICU
intensive care unit
LA
left atrium
LV
left ventricle/ventricular
LVEDP
left ventricular end-diastolic pressure
LVFP
left ventricular filling pressure
mPAP
mean pulmonary artery pressure
mPAWP
mean pulmonary arterial wedge pressure
mRAP
mean right atrial pressure
PAWP
pulmonary arterial wedge pressure
PEA
pulmonary endarterectomy
PH
pulmonary hypertension
PVR
pulmonary vascular resistance
ROC
receiver-operating characteristic
RV
right ventricle/ventricular
sPAP
systolic pulmonary artery pressure
TAPSE
tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion
WU
Wood units
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