Risk factors for portopulmonary hypertension in patients with cirrhosis : a prospective, multicenter study

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BACKGROUND: Tricuspid regurgitation pressure gradient (TRPG) measurement by echocardiography is recommended as the most objective examination to detect portopulmonary hypertension (PoPH). This study aimed to identify factors associated with a high TRPG in patients with cirrhosis and develop a scoring model for identifying patients who are most likely to benefit from echocardiography investigations.

RESULTS: A total of 486 patients who underwent echocardiography were randomly allocated to the derivation and validation sets at a ratio of 2:1. Of the patients, 51 (10.5%) had TRPG ≥ 35 mmHg. The median brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) was 39.5 pg/mL. Shortness of breath (SOB) was reported by 91 (18.7%) patients. In the derivation set, multivariate analysis identified female gender, shortness of breath, and BNP ≥ 48.9 pg/mL as independent factors for TRPG ≥ 35 mmHg. The risk score for predicting TRPG ≥ 35 mmHg was calculated as follows: - 3.596 + 1.250 × gender (female: 1, male: 0) + 1.093 × SOB (presence: 1, absence: 0) + 0.953 × BNP (≥ 48.9 pg/mL: 1, < 48.9 pg/mL: 0). The risk score yielded sensitivity of 66.7%, specificity of 75.3%, positive predictive value of 25.5%, negative predict value of 94.3%, and predictive accuracy of 74.4% for predicting TRPG ≥ 35 mmHg. These results were almost similar in the validation set, indicating the reproducibility and validity of the risk score.

CONCLUSIONS: This study clarified the characteristics of patients with suspected PoPH and developed a scoring model for identifying patients at high risk of PoPH, which may be used in selecting patients that may benefit from echocardiography.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Hepatology international - 17(2023), 1 vom: 20. Feb., Seite 139-149

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Atsukawa, Masanori [VerfasserIn]
Tsubota, Akihito [VerfasserIn]
Kondo, Chisa [VerfasserIn]
Koyano, Kaori-Shioda [VerfasserIn]
Ishikawa, Toru [VerfasserIn]
Toyoda, Hidenori [VerfasserIn]
Takaguchi, Koichi [VerfasserIn]
Watanabe, Tsunamasa [VerfasserIn]
Matsuura, Kentaro [VerfasserIn]
Ogawa, Chikara [VerfasserIn]
Hiraoka, Atsushi [VerfasserIn]
Okubo, Hironao [VerfasserIn]
Tateyama, Masakuni [VerfasserIn]
Uojima, Haruki [VerfasserIn]
Nozaki, Akito [VerfasserIn]
Chuma, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Kato, Keizo [VerfasserIn]
Mikami, Shigeru [VerfasserIn]
Tani, Joji [VerfasserIn]
Morishita, Asahiro [VerfasserIn]
Kawata, Kazuhito [VerfasserIn]
Tada, Toshifumi [VerfasserIn]
Furuichi, Yoshihiro [VerfasserIn]
Okubo, Tomomi [VerfasserIn]
Kawano, Tadamichi [VerfasserIn]
Arai, Taeang [VerfasserIn]
Kawabe, Naoto [VerfasserIn]
Kawamura, Naohiro [VerfasserIn]
Ikegami, Tadashi [VerfasserIn]
Nakamuta, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Shigefuku, Ryuta [VerfasserIn]
Iwasa, Motoh [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Yasuhito [VerfasserIn]
Hatano, Masaru [VerfasserIn]
Iwakiri, Katsuhiko [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Brain natriuretic peptide
Echocardiography
Female
Journal Article
Liver cirrhosis
Multicenter Study
Portal hypertension
Portopulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary artery hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension
Randomized Controlled Trial
Shortness of breath
Tricuspid regurgitation pressure gradient

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Date Completed 06.02.2023

Date Revised 06.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12072-022-10456-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349900876