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. 2020 Aug 27;10(9):644. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10090644
AcT acceleration time
CI cardiac index
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CTEPH chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
HR heart rate
IQR interquartile range
IVCex inferior vena cava expiratory diameter
IVCin inferior vena cava inspiratory diameter
IVCcoll inferior vena cava collapsibility index
IRTB multivariable model based on 4 predictors: IVCin, RAA, TAPSE and NTproBNP
LA left atrium
MPA main pulmonary artery diameter
mPAP mean pulmonary arterial pressure
mRAP mean right atrial pressure
n number of cases
NTproBNP N-terminated type B natriuretic pro-peptide
PAH pulmonary arterial hypertension
PASP systolic pulmonary arterial pressure
PH pulmonary hypertension
PAWP pulmonary artery wedge pressure
PVR pulmonary vascular resistance
RAA right atrium area
RVOT right ventricle outflow tract
RVIT right ventricle inflow tract
RV/LV right ventricle to left ventricle diameters ratio
RV wall right ventricle wall thickness
6MWD 6-minutes’ walk distance
TAPSE tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion
TnT troponin T
TRPG tricuspid regurgitation peak gradient
SaO2 arterial blood oxygenation
SvO2 mixed venous oxygen saturation
WHO-FC World Health Organization functional class