TY - JOUR T1 - Ventricular Mass as a Prognostic Imaging Biomarker in Incident PAH JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.02067-2018 SP - 1802067 AU - Catherine E. Simpson AU - Rachel L. Damico AU - Todd M. Kolb AU - Stephen C. Mathai AU - Rubina M. Khair AU - Takahiro Sato AU - Khalil Bourji AU - Ryan J. Tedford AU - Stefan L. Zimmerman AU - Paul M. Hassoun Y1 - 2019/01/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2019/01/02/13993003.02067-2018.abstract N2 - Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive disease of the pulmonary vasculature that leads to right ventricular (RV) failure and premature death. Because RV failure is the leading cause of mortality in PAH, the prognostic value of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging, a powerful tool for assessing the RV, has been the subject of much recent investigation. Several studies have demonstrated that CMR measures of ventricular volumes and RV ejection fraction (RVEF) predict mortality in PAH [1–5]. Fewer studies, however, have examined the prognostic value of ventricular mass metrics in PAH.FootnotesThis manuscript has recently been accepted for publication in the European Respiratory Journal. It is published here in its accepted form prior to copyediting and typesetting by our production team. After these production processes are complete and the authors have approved the resulting proofs, the article will move to the latest issue of the ERJ online. Please open or download the PDF to view this article.Conflict of interest: Dr. Simpson has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Damico has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Kolb has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Mathai reports personal fees from Actelion, personal fees from United Therapeutics, outside the submitted work.Conflict of interest: Dr. Khair has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Sato has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Bourji has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Tedford reports other from Actelion, outside the submitted work.Conflict of interest: Dr. Zimmerman has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Hassoun has nothing to disclose. ER -