| Literature DB >> 27252851 |
Hang Zhang1, Juan Zhang1, Du-Jiang Xie2, Xiaoming Jiang2, Feng-Fu Zhang2, Shao-Liang Chen2.
Abstract
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) predicts poor outcome in patients with left heart disease. A 62-year-old man was referred for heart failure associated with ischemic cardiomyopathy. He received a diagnosis of combined postcapillary and precapillary PH secondary to left heart disease on the basis of hemodynamic parameters. After the pulmonary artery denervation procedure was performed, hemodynamic parameters were markedly improved, which resulted in a significant increase in functional capacity.Entities:
Keywords: heart failure; pulmonary artery denervation; pulmonary hypertension
Year: 2016 PMID: 27252851 PMCID: PMC4869929 DOI: 10.1086/685550
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pulm Circ ISSN: 2045-8932 Impact factor: 3.017