Echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary hypertension: standard operating procedure

LS Howard, J Grapsa, D Dawson… - European …, 2012 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Patients with suspected pulmonary hypertension (PH) should be evaluated using a
multimodality approach to ensure that they receive a correct diagnosis. The series of …

The role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of patients with pulmonary hypertension

G Habib, A Torbicki - European Respiratory Review, 2010 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined as an increased mean pulmonary artery pressure
(P̄ pa)> 25 mmHg at rest as assessed by right heart catheterisation (RHC). However, this …

Pulmonary hypertension: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges

IS Bazan, WH Fares - Therapeutics and clinical risk management, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a hemodynamic and pathophysiologic state that can be
found in multiple conditions with associated symptoms of dyspnea, decreased exercise …

[HTML][HTML] Echocardiography in pulmonary arterial hypertension: comprehensive evaluation and technical considerations

W Topyła-Putowska, M Tomaszewski… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare, progressive disease in which there is a
persistent, abnormal increase in pulmonary artery pressure. Symptoms of pulmonary …

Echocardiographic probability of pulmonary hypertension: a validation study

M D'Alto, M Di Maio, E Romeo… - European …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background According to current guidelines, the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension (PH)
relies on echocardiographic probability followed by right heart catheterisation (RHC). How …

Accuracy and precision of echocardiography versus right heart catheterization for the assessment of pulmonary hypertension

M D'Alto, E Romeo, P Argiento, A D'Andrea… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Echocardiographic studies have contributed to progress in the understanding of
the pathophysiology of the pulmonary circulation and have been shown to be useful for …

Echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary hypertension: a guideline protocol from the British Society of Echocardiography

DX Augustine, LD Coates-Bradshaw, J Willis… - Echo Research & …, 2018 - Springer
Pulmonary hypertension is defined as a mean arterial pressure of≥ 25 mmHg as confirmed
on right heart catheterisation. Traditionally, the pulmonary arterial systolic pressure has …

Diagnostic accuracy of echocardiography for pulmonary hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Janda, N Shahidi, K Gin, J Swiston - Heart, 2011 - heart.bmj.com
Context Right heart catheterisation is the gold standard for the diagnosis of pulmonary
hypertension. However, echocardiography is frequently used to screen for this disease and …

State-of-the-art review: echocardiography in pulmonary hypertension

RL Cordina, D Playford, I Lang… - Heart, Lung and Circulation, 2019 - Elsevier
Pulmonary hypertension is a progressive and often fatal disease that frequently presents
with dyspnoea on exertion and results in increased right ventricular afterload and right …

[HTML][HTML] Use of ECG and other simple non-invasive tools to assess pulmonary hypertension

G Kovacs, A Avian, V Foris, M Tscherner, X Kqiku… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background There is a broad consensus that pulmonary hypertension (PH) is to be
diagnosed by right heart catheterization (RHC) and that the most important non-invasive tool …