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Latest revision as of 02:20, 25 September 2026
The following findings suggest high-risk in patients with pulmonary hypertension EXCEPT:
a) Tricuspid regurgitation
b) Left ventricular compression (via echocardiography)
c) Heart/lung transplantation waiting list
d) Right ventricular dilatation
e) Systolic systemic arterial pressure > half systemic pulmonary pressure
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Answer e.
PHT is defined as PA pressure > 25 mmHg at rest (or > 30 mmHg during exertion) with a normal pulmonary wedge pressure. Definition by echocardiography is considered to be systolic PA pressure > half systolic systemic pressure. Other echo findings that suggest high-risk include tricsupid regurgitation jet > 4 m/sec, RV dilatation and LV compression.
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- This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.
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