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Clinical Usefulness of Passive Leg Lifting During Right Heart Catheterization for Diagnosing Exercise-Induced
Toru Suzuki1, Noriaki Iwahashi1, Takeru Abe2
1Department of Cardiology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine.
Background:
Passive leg lifting (PLL) may serve as a simple alternative to simulate exercise stress.
Methods And Results:
We evaluated 33 patients with PH who underwent PLL-RHC and exercise right heart catheterization (RHC); 25 patients were classified as having PLL-induced PH (LIPH), demonstrating significant increases in mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) and mPAP-cardiac output slopes. Strong correlations were observed between PLL-RHC and exercise RHC measurements.
Conclusions:
PLL-RHC may represent a simple method for detecting EIPH.
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