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We conducted a single-center retrospective study on 357 patients who underwent HT between 1985 and 2020 and had right heart catheterization prior to transplant, investigating the ability of the new PVR threshold to predict one-year mortality. Overall, 65 patients had no PH, 84 had IpcPH, and 208 had CpcPH. One-year survival was higher in patients without PH and similar between IpcPH and CpcPH (p = 0.04). Reclassification under the 2022 guidelines did not improve risk prediction. Only mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) &gt;20 mmHg independently predicted 1-year mortality. In conclusion, elevated mPAP, rather than PVR, was associated with post-transplant outcomes. 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