Pulmonary Artery Hypertension

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Pulmonary Artery Hypertension

PULMONARY HYPERTENSION : Further work up if PH suspected. Goal of work up.

Confirm diagnosis: Start with 2D ECHO, if negative and high clinical suspicion Exercise ECHO vs Right Heart Cath; If LV does not explain then consider other work up per Algorithm
Determine the severity:
Determine the etiology:
Algorithm for investigation of suspected pulmonary hypertension Up-to-date

Pulmonary hypertension: diagnosis and management BMJ 2013

The tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity is used to estimate the right ventricular and pulmonary-artery systolic pressures (which are approximately four times the tricuspid regur- gitant jet velocity squared) after the addition of an estimate of the central venous pressure NEJM 2008

Pulmonary hypertension: diagnosis and management BMJ 2013

Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

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