Abstract
In 2015, more than 800 papers were published in the field of pulmonary hypertension. A Clinical Year in Review article cannot possibly incorporate all this work and needs to be selective. The recently published European guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension contain an inclusive summary of all published clinical studies conducted until very recently. Here, we provide an overview of papers published after the finalisation of the guideline. In addition, we summarise recent advances in pulmonary vasculature science. The selection we made from the enormous amount of published work undoubtedly reflects our personal views and may not include all papers with a significant impact in the near or more distant future. The focus of this paper is on the diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension, understanding the success of combination therapy on the right ventricle and scientific breakthroughs.
Abstract
The review summarises advances in pulmonary hypertension since the publication of the recent ESC/ERS guidelines http://ow.ly/WUwoe
Footnotes
Support statement: We acknowledge the support from the Netherlands CardioVascular Research Initiative; the Dutch Heart Foundation, Dutch Federation of University Medical Centres, the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development and the Royal Netherlands Academy Sciences. Funding information for this article has been deposited with FundRef.
Conflict of interest: Disclosures can be found alongside the online version of this article at err.ersjournals.com
Provenance: Submitted article, peer reviewed.
- Received December 4, 2015.
- Accepted January 6, 2016.
- Copyright ©ERS 2016.
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