Pulmonary vascular remodeling in mitral valve disease: An optical coherence tomography study

Elisabete Jorge; Rui Baptista; João Calisto; Henrique Faria; Cristina Silva; Pedro Monteiro; Manuel Pan; Mariano Pêgo

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.212

Pulmonary vascular remodeling in mitral valve disease: An optical coherence tomography study

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Jan 15:203:576-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.212. Epub 2015 Oct 28.

Authors

Elisabete Jorge¹, Rui Baptista², João Calisto³, Henrique Faria³, Cristina Silva³, Pedro Monteiro², Manuel Pan⁴, Mariano Pêgo³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. Electronic address: elisabetejorge@gmail.com.
² Department of Cardiology, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
³ Department of Cardiology, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitário Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain.

PMID: 26580335
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.212

No abstract available

Keywords: Mitral valve disease; Optical coherence tomography; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary vascular resistance; Transpulmonary gradient; Wall thickness.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve Stenosis / diagnosis*
Mitral Valve Stenosis / physiopathology
Pulmonary Artery / pathology
Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology*
Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*
Vascular Remodeling*