Background And Purpose: Early, preferably noninvasive, detection of pulmonary hypertension improves prognosis. Our study evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of the electrocardiographically derived Butler-Leggett (BL) score and ventricular gradient (VG) to estimate mean pulmonary artery pressure (PAP).

Methods: In 63 patients with suspected pulmonary hypertension, BL score and VG were calculated. The VG was projected on a direction optimized for detection of right ventricular pressure overload (VG-RVPO). BL score and VG-RVPO were entered in multiple linear regression analysis and the diagnostic performance to detect PH (invasively measured mean PAP ≥ 25 mmHg) was assessed with receiver operating characteristic analysis.

Results: Both BL score and VG-RVPO correlated significantly with mean PAP (r=0.45 and r=0.61, respectively; P<0.001). Combining BL score and VG-RVPO increased the correlation to 0.67 (P<0.001). The diagnostic performance of this combination for the detection of PH was good with an area under the curve of 0.79 (P<0.001).

Conclusion: Combination of the BL score and VG-RVPO allows for accurate detection of increased PAP.

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