Diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension

Eur Respir J. 2019 Jan 24;53(1):1801904. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01904-2018. Print 2019 Jan.

Abstract

A revised diagnostic algorithm provides guidelines for the diagnosis of patients with suspected pulmonary hypertension, both prior to and following referral to expert centres, and includes recommendations for expedited referral of high-risk or complicated patients and patients with confounding comorbidities. New recommendations for screening high-risk groups are given, and current diagnostic tools and emerging diagnostic technologies are reviewed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Comorbidity
  • Diagnostic Imaging / trends*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Reproducibility of Results