Case Report

Heart Transplantation in a 14-Year-Old Boy in the Presence of Severe Out-of-Proportion Pulmonary Hypertension due to Restrictive Left Heart Disease: A Case Report

Table 1

Hemodynamic measurements and calculated values before and after heart transplantation: time course before (1) and after levosimendan (2), with bosentan/epoprostenol (3) and after heart transplantation (4).

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sPAP78845629 mmHg
mPAP59633819mmHg
dPAP50502811mmHg
PVRI11.6124.43.5WU × m2
PCWP3025246mmHg
TPG29391413mmHg
sSAP89999473mmHg
mSAP65726759mmHg
dSAP73605350mmHg
SVRI21.816.819.717.9WU × m2
CI2.63.23.23.7L/min/m2

Systolic, mean, and diastolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP, mPAP, and dPAP); pulmonary vascular resistance index (PVRI); pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP); transpulmonary pressure gradient (TPG); systolic, mean, and diastolic systemic artery pressure (sSAP, mSAP, and dSAP); systemic vascular resistance index (SVRI); cardiac index (CI).