[Diagnosis and therapy of pulmonary arterial hypertension]

Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2023 Nov;148(23):1491-1497. doi: 10.1055/a-2012-0430. Epub 2023 Nov 10.
[Article in German]

Abstract

2022, the updated guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PH) of the European Societies of Cardiology and Pneumology were published. This resulted in important innovations concerning the hemodynamic definition as well as diagnosis and therapy of PH. In the following, an overview of the definition and classification of PH will be given, followed by a discussion of risk stratification and therapy of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Cardiology*
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary* / diagnosis
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary* / therapy
  • Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension* / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension* / therapy
  • Pulmonary Medicine*