CVD/PH and Voice Characteristics

Cardiovascular Disease/ Pulmonary Hypertension and Voice Characteristics Study

The purpose of this study is to determine the association between patient voice signal characteristics and the presence and severity of pulmonary hypertension in patients referred for elective clinically indicated echocardiography for at Mayo Clinic MN.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All individuals who present for a routine elective, clinically indicated, diagnostic echocardiogram at the echocardiography laboratory at Mayo Clinic
• All individuals who have had a clinically indicated, diagnostic echocardiogram at the echocardiography lab at Mayo Clinic before a scheduled procedure in the cardiac catheterization lab at Mayo Clinic
• All individuals who have had a clinically indicated diagnostic echocardiogram at the echocardiography lab at Mayo Clinic and have an appointment in any CV outpatient clinic.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Known history of voice disorder either primary or secondary to neuromuscular or other pathology
• Patients under the age of 18 years