Sex-Specific Differences in Echocardiographic Parameters of Risk Stratification in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

• Published in: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 273 - 285
• Main Authors: Benjamin, Nicola, Schiffer, Veronika, Resag, Carolin, Xanthouli, Panagiota, Braun, Moritz, Harutyunova, Satenik, Eichstaedt, Christina A., Egenlauf, Benjamin, Marra, Alberto M., Bossone, Eduardo, Cittadini, Antonio, Kiely, David G., Grünig, Ekkehard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2025
• Subjects: Aged; Cardiovascular; Cross-Sectional Studies; Echocardiography - methods; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Heart Atria - diagnostic imaging; Heart Atria - physiopathology; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Heart Ventricles - physiopathology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Prognosis; Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - diagnostic imaging; Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - mortality; Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - physiopathology; Retrospective Studies; Right atrial area; Right ventricular area; Risk Assessment - methods; Sex difference; Sex Factors; Survival; Survival Rate; TAPSE/sPAP; Ventricular Function, Right - physiology; TAPSE/sPAP; Prognosis; RV; TTE; ERS; TAPSE; RHC; Sex difference; Survival; PVR; RA; BSA; Right ventricular area; ESC; PAH; PH; sPAP; Right atrial area; BMI; WHO; Right atrial; Right heart catheterization; Body mass index; European Respiratory Society; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Body surface area; Pulmonary vascular resistance; Systolic pulmonary artery pressure; World Health Organization; Transthoracic echocardiography; Pulmonary hypertension; European Society of Cardiology; Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; Right ventricular

In healthy subjects, sex differences in right heart function have been detected for various echocardiographic parameters. The objective of this study was to investigate sex differences in echocardiographic European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) risk stratification pa...