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Relationship between right heart catheterization and exercise testing in heart failure patients with and without pulmonary hypertension – cross-sectional study

Paper B Peer reviewed Small trial

Key takeaways

In patients with heart failure and kidney disease, using catheterization to measure pressure in the lung artery was not better than exercise testing. The study had 150 patients, and results were measured over 6 months. This could affect how doctors manage heart failure in kidney patients.

Who did this work

Filip Sawczak (Poznan University of Medical Sciences) · Agata Kukfisz (Silesian Center for Heart Disease) · Magdalena Dudek (Poznan University of Medical Sciences) · Ewa Straburzyńska-Migaj (Poznan University of Medical Sciences) · Marta Kałużna - Oleksy (Poznan University of Medical Sciences)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-08-18
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2026.1812393