Evaluation Accuracy of Echocardiography Versus Right Heart Catheterization for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension

Abstract

Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a progressive disease that increases PVR, right heart failure and eventually death, and if symptoms of high pulmonary hypertension appear, it often indicates that the condition has progressed a lot. The aim of the present study was to compare echocardiography versus right ventricular catheterization for the detection of pulmonary hypertension to measure pulmonary pressures in patients with various cardiovascular and pulmonary causes. Materials and methods: This study began with a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study. The study population included patients who, after echocardiography and observing pulmonary hypertension, based on ECO criteria to determine whether the etiology was detected or revealed under right ventricular catheterization. All cases were recorded in the checklist and the data were collected on an initial basis. Finally, the data entered the SPSS version 15 software. Results: In examining the wedge pressure of the pulmonary artery in the right ventricular catheter, there is a significant relationship with the pulmonary arterial pressure measured in echocardiography. Pulmonary arterial pressure in right ventricular catheterization and TRG, RVSP showed a significant positive correlation. The mean of the measured pressure was based on the type of disease without pulmonary hypertension, moderate pulmonary hypertension, secondary pulmonary hypertension to scarrodermia, secondary pulmonary hypertension to lung midwayer hypertension and hyperthermia The mean linear pulmonary arterial line was greater than the mean pressure measured in right ventricular catheterization.