Incidence and prognostic significance of pleural effusions in pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Authors

• Abhimanyu Chandel
• Alison Verster
• Husna Rahim
• Vikramjit Khangoora
• Steven D Nathan
• Kareem Ahmad
• Shambhu Aryal
• Aaron Bagnola
• Anju Singhal
• A Whitney Brown
• Oksana A Shlobin
• Christopher S King

Publication/Presentation Date

1-1-2021

Abstract

It has been suggested pleural effusions may develop in right heart failure in the absence of left heart disease. The incidence and prognostic significance of pleural effusions in pulmonary arterial hypertension is uncertain. Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension followed at our tertiary care center were reviewed. Survival was examined based on the subsequent development of a pleural effusion. A total of 191 patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension met the inclusion criteria. The prevalence of pleural effusions on initial assessment was 7.3%. Among patients without a pleural effusion on initial imaging and at least one follow-up computerized tomography (

Volume

11

Issue

2

First Page

20458940211012366

Last Page

20458940211012366

ISSN

2045-8932

Published In/Presented At

Chandel, A., Verster, A., Rahim, H., Khangoora, V., Nathan, S. D., Ahmad, K., Aryal, S., Bagnola, A., Singhal, A., Brown, A. W., Shlobin, O. A., & King, C. S. (2021). Incidence and prognostic significance of pleural effusions in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulmonary circulation, 11(2), 20458940211012366. https://doi.org/10.1177/20458940211012366

PubMedID

33996030

Department(s)

Department of Medicine

Document Type

Article