Abstract
Pulmonary hypertension refers to pathological elevation of the pulmonary arterial pressure and can be seen in a variety of clinical conditions. It is progressive and ultimately fatal if untreated. Timely recognition and accurate diagnosis are therefore paramount in providing effective management to patients so as to prevent, reduce or stabilise irreversible damage to the pulmonary vasculature, which ultimately causes right heart failure. PH is often not considered or misdiagnosed and a median time of 14 months from the onset of symptoms to diagnosis has been reported. As well as an awareness of the condition it is imperative that physicians know how to correctly interpret a range of investigations that are necessary in reaching the diagnosis.
Keywords: BNP, computed tomography, dual energy, echocardiography, lung function, preoperative investigation, pulmonary hypertension, right heart catheterisation.
Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews
Title:Current Diagnostic Investigation in Pulmonary Hypertension
Volume: 9 Issue: 2
Author(s): Jenny Louise Bacon, Muhammad Shahid Peerbhoy, Ernest Wong, Rajan Sharma, Ioannis Vlahos, Agnieszka Crerar-Gilbert and Brendan Patrick Madden
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Keywords: BNP, computed tomography, dual energy, echocardiography, lung function, preoperative investigation, pulmonary hypertension, right heart catheterisation.
Abstract: Pulmonary hypertension refers to pathological elevation of the pulmonary arterial pressure and can be seen in a variety of clinical conditions. It is progressive and ultimately fatal if untreated. Timely recognition and accurate diagnosis are therefore paramount in providing effective management to patients so as to prevent, reduce or stabilise irreversible damage to the pulmonary vasculature, which ultimately causes right heart failure. PH is often not considered or misdiagnosed and a median time of 14 months from the onset of symptoms to diagnosis has been reported. As well as an awareness of the condition it is imperative that physicians know how to correctly interpret a range of investigations that are necessary in reaching the diagnosis.
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Bacon Louise Jenny, Peerbhoy Shahid Muhammad, Wong Ernest, Sharma Rajan, Vlahos Ioannis, Crerar-Gilbert Agnieszka and Madden Patrick Brendan, Current Diagnostic Investigation in Pulmonary Hypertension, Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews 2013; 9 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573398X113099990011
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573398X113099990011 |
Print ISSN 1573-398X |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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