Pulmonary Hemodynamics During Exercise - Research Network
Medical University of Graz
Summary
The purpose of this Clinical Research Collaboration is to investigate the prognostic implications of pulmonary hemodynamics during exercise based on a large scale multi-centre approach by using retrospective and prospective analysis of hemodynamic data.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients (females and males; age: above 18yrs) with intermediate or high echocardiographic probability of PH and/or unexplained dyspnea, and/or associated conditions for PAH as clinical indication for RHC at rest and exercise * Written informed consent of participating subjects after being fully briefed (for prospective analysis) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with incomplete hemodynamic data at rest or exercise * Patients without sufficient follow-up data (information on survival / lung transplantation) * advanced tumour disease or other diseases with a short life exp…
Interventions
- Diagnostic Testassessment of pulmonary hemodynamics during exercise by right heart catheterization
all patients undergo right heart catheterization during exercise due to clinical reasons. Results of this and other Routine clinical tests will be included in the registry
Locations (32)
- University of Arizona, Banner University Medical CenterPhoenix, Arizona
- University of California, Los Angeles, Lung & Heart-Lung Transplant and Pulmonary Hypertension Programs, David Geffen School of MedicineLos Angeles, California
- Johns Hopkins Hospital, Advanced HF, MCS, Transplant Cardiology, Baltimore, Maryland, USABaltimore, Maryland
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Cardiology Division and Pulmonary UnitBoston, Massachusetts
- Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
- University of Minnesota Medical School, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Lillehei Heart Institute Minneapolis, Minnesota, USAMinneapolis, Minnesota