The role of the combination of echo-HRCT score as a tool to evaluate the presence of pulmonary hypertension in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Abstract:

:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined as an elevated mean pulmonary artery pressure at rest (mPAP ≥ 25 mmHg), evaluated by right heart catheterization (RHC). The aim of the present study was to evaluate HRCT findings in relation to transthoracic echocardiographic data to better characterize PH in IPF patients and to identify a non-invasive composite index with high predictive value for PH in these patients. 37 IPF patients were enrolled in this retrospective study. All patients underwent a complete assessment for PH, including transthoracic Doppler echocardiography, HRCT scan and right heart catheterization. Right heart catheterization was done in 19 patients (51.3%) as pre-lung transplant assessment and in 18 patients (48.6%) to confirm PH, suspected on the basis of echocardiography. Twenty out of 37 patients (54%) were confirmed to have PH by RHC. Multivariate regression showed that the combination of sPAP, PA area measured by HRCT and the ratio of the diameter of the segmental artery to that of the adjacent bronchus in the apicoposterior segment of the left upper lobe was strongly correlated with mPAP (R2 = 0.53; p = 0.0009). The ROC analysis showed that 931.6 was the ULN for PA area, with 86% sensitivity and 61% specificity (0.839 AUC); 20.34 was the ULN for the ratio of PA area to ascending aorta diameter, with 100% sensitivity and 50% specificity (0.804 AUC). The composite index proposed in the present study could help early detection of IPF patients suspected of PH requiring confirmation by RHC (if deemed clinically necessary).

journal_name

Intern Emerg Med

authors

Refini RM,Bettini G,Kacerja E,Cameli P,d'Alessandro M,Bergantini L,De Negri F,Rottoli P,Sestini P,Bargagli E,Mazzei MA

doi

10.1007/s11739-020-02539-1

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-11-05 00:00:00

eissn

1828-0447

issn

1970-9366

pii

10.1007/s11739-020-02539-1

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