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Abstract
The most common cause of death among patients with pulmonary hypertension is right ventricular failure. Because cardiac magnetic resonance imaging has emerged as the reference standard for functional and morphologic evaluation of the right ventricle, it may become the most appropriate tool for noninvasive assessment of patients with this disease. Serial examinations may help monitor response to treatment and determine the prognosis. Deterioration of right ventricular function (indicated by in- creasing right ventricular volumes and decreasing stroke and left ventricular volumes) at follow-up cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is indicative of failed treatment and an unfavorable prognosis