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Pulmonary Hypertension   

Questions discussed in this category

What protective post-op measures do you recommend for a patient with scleroderma and a history of ILD, PH, Raynaud’s and digital ischemia undergoing cardiothoracic surgery?
1 Answer available
How do you approach management of a patient with idiopathic PAH and +ANA, but no other current symptoms/signs of active rheumatologic disease?
3 Answers available
Do you prefer using end-expiratory or mean pulmonary artery wedge pressure obtained during diagnostic right heart catheterization for the classification of precapillary vs postcapillary PH?
1 Answer available
What strategies do you employ to minimize the risk of cardiovascular collapse when intubating a patient with severe pulmonary hypertension?
Do you favor awake intubation in these cases?
2 Answers available
When do you consider Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty in patients with inoperable CTEPH?
1 Answer available
Is there a role for immunosuppression in addition to standard PAH therapy in the management of pulmonary hypertension associated with primary Sjogrens syndrome?
Assuming other non CTD related causes for PAH have been excluded
1 Answer available
How do you clinically distinguish between group I and group III PH in patients with CTD-ILD?
1 Answer available
Based on findings of the INCREASE trial, are you routinely prescribing inhaled treprostinil to patients with group 3 pulmonary hypertension secondary to interstitial lung disease?
1 Answer available
What criteria do you use on echocardiogram and PFT to determine who needs further evaluation for CTD-associated pulmonary hypertension?
1 Answer available


Papers discussed in this category

Eur Heart J, 2015 Aug 29
2015 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension: The Joint Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS): Endorsed by: Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC), International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT).
Eur Respir J, 2019 Jan 24
Diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension.
N Engl J Med, 2021 Jan 13
Inhaled Treprostinil in Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Interstitial Lung Disease.
Lancet Respir Med, 2021 Jun 29
Inhaled treprostinil and forced vital capacity in patients with interstitial lung disease and associated pulmonary hypertension: a post-hoc analysis of the INCREASE study.
Eur Respir J, 2013 Oct 31
Measuring central pulmonary pressures during exercise in COPD: how to cope with respiratory effects.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med,
Reading pulmonary vascular pressure tracings. How to handle the problems of zero leveling and respiratory swings.
The European respiratory journal, 2019-01
Risk stratification and medical therapy of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Eur Respir J, 2019 Jan 24
Pulmonary hypertension in chronic lung disease and hypoxia.
Chest, 2021 Feb
Consensus Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Disease in Sjögren's.
Circulation, 2001-01-02
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty for treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
The European respiratory journal, 2019-05
French experience of balloon pulmonary angioplasty for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
Interv Cardiol Clin,
Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes,
Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Results of a Multicenter Registry.
Eur Respir J, 2017 Jun 08
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty for inoperable patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: the initial German experience.
Ann Am Thorac Soc,
Pulmonary Endarterectomy. Patient Selection, Technical Challenges, and Outcomes.

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