Table 4.

Outcome of 33 patients with positive exercise echocardiograms (EE) who did not develop resting pulmonary hypertension.

Positive EE Groupsn (%)
Persistently positive EE22 (67)
Persistently+ EE and exercise PH on RHC18 (55)
EE normalized5 (15)
Echo remained normal (no repeat EE)6 (18)
  • Echo: resting echocardiogram; PH: pulmonary hypertension; RHC: right heart catheterization.