How do you approach the management of patients with mildly elevated mPAP (21-24 mmHg) and PVR (2-3 WU) who may be at risk of progression, given the recent changes in the hemodynamic definition of pulmonary hypertension?

The "new" definition of PH with a cutoff of 20 mmHg is a very sensible change, based on the study by Kovacs et al., PMID 19324955, which showed that a mean PAP of 20 mmHg is already two standard deviations above the mean PAP in normals. Thus, the cut off of 20 mmHg makes more sense than 25 mmHg.

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The RHC numbers are one component of the REVEAL or REVEAL 2.0 score which should be ideally applied to decide whether/when one should treat. It includes nyha functional class, bnp/ntprobnp, 6 min walk, sbp, hr, gfr (Reference: Benza et al., PMID 32882243). I would also consider doing a VQ scan and e...