Tricuspid regurgitation pressure gradient to diagnose pulmonary hypertension: a diagnostic accuracy study

Background Pulmonary hypertension carries significant morbidity and mortality in children. Early diagnosis management may improve outcomes children with pulmonary hypertension. Heart catheterization, a gold standard for diagnosing hypertension, is an invasive procedure not widely available. Echocardiography can be used as alternative diagnostic tool hypertension.
 Objective To determine the value of tricuspid regurgitation pressure gradient on echocardiography compared to heart catheterization diagnose children.
 Methods This test study was done medical record data acyanotic congenital disease who underwent cardiac procedures from January 2018 December 2020 at Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
 Data were analyzed obtain sensitivity, specificity, positive negative predictive values, well likelihood ratios.
 Results A total 98 included. The sensitivity specificity artery 64.4% 54.5%, respectively. ratio 1.42. pre-test post-test probability this 88.7% 91.7%, respectively.
 Conclusion Tricuspid measured using has poor