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Filter by:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a disease characterized by obliteration and remodeling of small-caliber pulmonary arteries, progressively generating an increase in pulmonary vascular resistance, right heart failure, and death. Current guidelines recommend a multidimensional approach which includes clinical, echocardiographic, exercise and hemodynamic variables to classify patients by risk and thus define a prognosis and guide therapeutic decisions. There is a wide range of studies, which have shown a good correlation between standard echocardiography and portable cardiac ultrasound. There is no doubt about the usefulness of portable cardiac ultrasound in the intensive care unit, emergency department and even during hospital rounds; however, its usefulness during the daily examination in a follow-up consultation of patients at high risk of cardiovascular deterioration, such as patients with PAH, has not yet been demonstrated. There is evidence that a TAPSE measurement <17mm using standard echocardiography by a physician experienced in echocardiography predicts survival in patients with Pulmonary hypertension. We would like to know if patients with low TAPSE will have a higher proportion of morbidity events compared to patients with normal TAPSE measured by portable ultrasound.
Paris Saint Joseph hospital has just acquired a new echocardiography EPIC . This new system has image processing and left ventricular function quantification software which are different from the precedent model Philips IE33.Left ventricular function quantification and myocardial distortion are the main medical examination influencing doctor's decisions. EPIC can evaluate and quantify the cardiac ejection fraction via new software. Myocardial distortion quantification software also has been modified with new cut off and different calculation method. The aim of this study is to compare the quality of images and the quantification of cardiac ejection fraction with these new software in order to choose the more reliable and reproducible for patient.