Right Ventricular Strain and Left Ventricular Strain Using Speckle Tracking Echocardiography—Independent Prognostic Associations in COPD Alongside NT-proBNP
NT-proBNP serves as an independent biomarker of pulmonary hypertension and secondary right heart overload and independently predicts advanced COPD stages (GOLD grades 3 and 4) alongside RV and LV strain measurements.
Authors
- Simona Valeria Clichici (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0046-0803)
- Cristina Bidian
- Silvana-Elena Hojda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6875-3031)
- Teodora Mocan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9925-0998)
- Alexandra-Lucia Pop
- Robert A. Rusnak
Institutions
- Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy (RO)
- Babeș-Bolyai University (RO)
- Emergency University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diseases
- Published
- 2025-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases13100344
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Iuliu Haţieganu Cluj-Napoca