[Pulmonary hypertension in rheumatic heart disease: current approaches to diagnosis and therapy]

N A Shostak; A A Klimenko; I V Novikov; N A Demidova; A V Aksenova

[Pulmonary hypertension in rheumatic heart disease: current approaches to diagnosis and therapy]

Ter Arkh. 2012;84(9):89-96.

[Article in Russian]

Authors

N A Shostak, A A Klimenko, I V Novikov, N A Demidova, A V Aksenova

PMID: 23091861

Abstract

Pulmonary hypertension is a complex multidisciplinary problem in modern medicine. This review discusses its clinical and pathophysiological type associated with rheumatic heart disease. Current approaches to the pathogenesis and diagnosis of the disease are reflected; basic approaches to its treatment are discussed in terms of current clinical guidelines and new scientific achievements.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Endothelium, Vascular / pathology
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis
Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / therapy
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Rheumatic Heart Disease / complications*