Grand Rounds Recap 9/9
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Case Follow up with Dr. Winders
The Sick Patient with Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH)
- PAH defined as right heart catheterization with mPAP > 25mmHg, which can be estimated by echo
- Readily associated with right ventricular failure, measured by TAPSE < 1.8 with M mode over tricuspid annulus
- EKG can also help identify these patients with right axis deviation or right atrial enlargement
