Background: Pulmonary hypertension is not uncommon in patients with renal disease and
vice versa; therefore, it influences treatments and outcomes. There is a large body of …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH), defined by a mean pulmonary artery pressure of> 25mm Hg
at rest, is strongly associated with morbidity and mortality in the perioperative period. The …

Background Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is becoming an alternative to right
heart catheterization (RHC) for evaluating pulmonary hypertension (PH). A need exists to …

Antiphospholipid (aPL) antibodies are antibodies specific for anionic phospholipids. They
are immunoglobulins that attack phospholipids, phospholipid-binding proteins, or …

Right heart failure (RHF) is a common and deadly disease in aged populations. Extra-
cardiac outcomes of RHF such as skeletal muscle atrophy contribute to morbidity and …

Right ventricular (RV) function is the strongest predictor of survival in age-related heart
failure as well as other clinical contexts in which aging populations suffer significant …

The International Classification of Disease (ICD) coding system is broadly used by health-
care providers, hospitals, health-care payers, and governments to track health trends and …

Background The impact of pulmonary hypertension (PH) on critically ill patients has not
been fully understood. Our objective was to explore the possible relationship between PH …

Public health and clinical practice pattern trends are often analyzed using complex survey
data. Use of statistical approaches that do not account for survey design predisposes to …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare and devastating disease characterized by
progressive increases in pulmonary arterial pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance …