Health · Medical Research · 9 hrs ago

High Pulmonary Vascular Resistance Alone Should Not Rule Out Heart Transplant

Research presented in Phoenix suggests that high pulmonary vascular resistance alone should not rule someone out for a heart transplant.

Pulmonary vascular resistance, or PVR, refers to resistance to blood flow through the blood vessels in the lungs.

The research used data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.

The findings challenge the idea that an elevated PVR by itself is enough to exclude a candidate.

They suggest that transplant decisions should not rely on that measure alone.

The available information does not say what other factors should guide those decisions or what steps will follow.

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MedPage Today · 9 hrs ago