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Jul 2022
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Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index (PAPi...

Eddy Joe Gutierrez, MD
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Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index (PAPi) is a hemodynamic parameter with prognostic value in pts w/right heart failure & cardiogenic shock.

Show Notes: https://eddyjoemd.com/papi/

Citations:
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Škulec R, Parizek T, Stadlerova B, Bilska M, Cerny V. Subcostal TAPSE measured by anatomical M-mode: prospective reliability clinical study in critically ill patients. Minerva Anestesiol. 2021 Nov;87(11):1200-1208. doi: 10.23736/S0375-9393.21.15464-1. Epub 2021 May 13. PMID: 33982987.

Modin D, Møgelvang R, Andersen DM, Biering-Sørensen T. Right Ventricular Function Evaluated by Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion Predicts Cardiovascular Death in the General Population. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 May 21;8(10):e012197. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.012197. PMID: 31088196; PMCID: PMC6585329.

Korabathina R, Heffernan KS, Paruchuri V, Patel AR, Mudd JO, Prutkin JM, Orr NM, Weintraub A, Kimmelstiel CD, Kapur NK. The pulmonary artery pulsatility index identifies severe right ventricular dysfunction in acute inferior myocardial infarction. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2012 Oct 1;80(4):593-600. doi: 10.1002/ccd.23309. Epub 2012 Jan 10. PMID: 21954053.

Morine KJ, Kiernan MS, Pham DT, Paruchuri V, Denofrio D, Kapur NK. Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index Is Associated With Right Ventricular Failure After Left Ventricular Assist Device Surgery. J Card Fail. 2016 Feb;22(2):110-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.10.019. Epub 2015 Nov 10. PMID: 26564619.

Kang G, Ha R, Banerjee D. Pulmonary artery pulsatility index predicts right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist device implantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2016 Jan;35(1):67-73. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.06.009. Epub 2015 Jun 17. Erratum in: J Heart Lung Transplant. 2017 Nov;36(11):1272. PMID: 26212656.

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