Maria Barbara Leone1, Marica Giannotta2, Massimiliano Palazzini3, Mariano Cefarelli4, Sofia Martìn Suàrez4, Enrico Gotti3, Maria Letizia Bacchi Reggiani5, Maurizio Zompatori2, Nazzareno Galiè3. 1. Department of Specialized, Diagnostic and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Via G. Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy. leone.barbara@hotmail.it. 2. Department of Specialized, Diagnostic and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Via G. Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy. 3. Institute of Cardiology, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy. 4. Heart and Lung Transplantation Program, Cardiac Surgery Department, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy. 5. Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to retrospectively assess the relationship between radiological and hemodynamic parameters in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). We introduced a new CT-score to evaluate hemodynamic changes, only employing CT-pulmonary angiography (CTPA). MATERIALS AND METHODS: 145 patients affected by CTEPH underwent hemodynamic and CTPA evaluation. Among these 145 patients, 69 underwent pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) and performed a CTPA evaluation even after surgery. Hemodynamic assessment considered the values of mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), obtained through right heart catheterization (RHC). Radiological evaluation included CTPA signs of pulmonary hypertension. RESULTS: A highly significant statistical correlation was observed between the new CT-score and both mPAP and PVR (p < 0.000) in the whole sample and also in the subgroup who underwent PEA. In addition, mPAP and PVR showed an important association with the severity of mosaic perfusion (p < 0.000). mPAP also correlated with main pulmonary artery diameter (p < 0.01); a significant association was found in both between PVR and tricuspid regurgitation(p < 0.000) and with PVR and presence of unilateral or bilateral pulmonary thromboembolic occlusion (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Our results confirm the diagnostic role of CTPA in evaluating patients with CTEPH and in addition open a new horizon in assessing hemodynamic changes in patients with CTEPH, only employing a CTPA, especially when RHC is contraindicated or not possible.
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to retrospectively assess the relationship between radiological and hemodynamic parameters in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). We introduced a new CT-score to evaluate hemodynamic changes, only employing CT-pulmonary angiography (CTPA). MATERIALS AND METHODS: 145 patients affected by CTEPH underwent hemodynamic and CTPA evaluation. Among these 145 patients, 69 underwent pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) and performed a CTPA evaluation even after surgery. Hemodynamic assessment considered the values of mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), obtained through right heart catheterization (RHC). Radiological evaluation included CTPA signs of pulmonary hypertension. RESULTS: A highly significant statistical correlation was observed between the new CT-score and both mPAP and PVR (p < 0.000) in the whole sample and also in the subgroup who underwent PEA. In addition, mPAP and PVR showed an important association with the severity of mosaic perfusion (p < 0.000). mPAP also correlated with main pulmonary artery diameter (p < 0.01); a significant association was found in both between PVR and tricuspid regurgitation(p < 0.000) and with PVR and presence of unilateral or bilateral pulmonary thromboembolic occlusion (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Our results confirm the diagnostic role of CTPA in evaluating patients with CTEPH and in addition open a new horizon in assessing hemodynamic changes in patients with CTEPH, only employing a CTPA, especially when RHC is contraindicated or not possible.
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A new CT-score for CTEPH; CT-pulmonary angiography; Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary endarterectomy; Right heart catheterization
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