Stress Ventricular Function in Evaluating Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension

National Taiwan University Hospital300 enrolled

Overview

This study investigated clinical parameters, laboratory data, imaging studies to evaluate patients with suspected pulmonary hypertension.

Left and right ventricular ejection fraction (LV/RV EF) at rest and immediately after exercise treadmill test (ETT) were measured by nuclear medicine study in consecutively symptomatic patients with suspected pulmonary hypertension, along with other clinical variables were correlated with right heart catheterization parameters.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

300

Conditions

Dyspnea

Interventions

no interventionOTHER

no intervention

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * patients suspicious for pulmonary hypertension. Exclusion Criteria: * pregnant, lactating, CAD history

Locations (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine

Taipei, Taiwan

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

All-cause mortality

Time frame: an average of 1 year

Central Contacts

Mei-Fang Cheng, M.D.

CONTACT

886-2-23123456 meifang@ntuh.gov.tw

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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