Are indexed values better for defining exercise pulmonary hypertension?

Jason Weatherald; Athénaïs Boucly; Edmund Lau; Laurent Godinas; Laurent Savale; Xavier Jaïs; David Montani; Olivier Sitbon; Gérald Simonneau; Marc Humbert; Denis Chemla; Philippe Hervé

doi:10.1183/13993003.00240-2017

Are indexed values better for defining exercise pulmonary hypertension?

Eur Respir J. 2017 Sep 9;50(3):1700240. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00240-2017. Print 2017 Sep.

Authors

Jason Weatherald^{1

2

3

4}, Athénaïs Boucly^{2

3

4}, Edmund Lau^{2

3

4

5

6}, Laurent Godinas^{2

3

4

7}, Laurent Savale^{2

3

4}, Xavier Jaïs^{2

3

4}, David Montani^{2

3

4}, Olivier Sitbon^{2

3

4}, Gérald Simonneau^{2

3

4}, Marc Humbert^{2

3

4}, Denis Chemla^{4

8}, Philippe Hervé^{3

4

9}

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Medicine, Division of Respirology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada [email protected].
² Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
³ Service de Pneumologie, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
⁴ INSERM UMR_S 999, Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France.
⁵ Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁶ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia.
⁷ Service de Pneumologie, CHU UcL Namur, Yvoir, Belgium.
⁸ Service de Physiologie, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France.
⁹ Département de Chirurgie Thoracique et Vasculaire et de Transplantation Cardio-Pulmonaire, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France.

PMID: 28889109
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00240-2017

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Exercise Test / methods*
Exercise Tolerance*
Female
Hemodynamics*
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary* / diagnosis
Hypertension, Pulmonary* / physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Severity of Illness Index
Vascular Resistance