Pre-PTE Pulmonary Artery Elastance, Right Ventricular Elastance, and RV-PA Coupling Predict Post-Operative Length of Stay and Hemodynamics

We hypothesized that dynamic measures of pulmonary arterial compliance (Cpa), and elastance (Epa), RV elastance (Ees), and RV-PA coupling would improve prediction of post-op mean PA pressure (PAP), Length of Stay (LOS), ICU duration (ICUd) and need for inotropes (NFI) compared to prediction based solely on pre-op PAP, CO and PVR in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) undergoing pulmonary thromboendaterectomy (PTE).