Article
Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Left Heart Disease-A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management.
The Canadian journal of cardiology - 1 Apr 2021
Lee Felicity, Mielniczuk Lisa M
Abstract excerpt
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) due to left heart disease (LHD) is a frequent complication of heart failure (HF) and is associated with exercise intolerance, poor quality of life, increased risk of hospitalisations, and reduced overall survival. Since the recent Sixth World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension in 2018, there have been significant changes in the hemodynamic definitions and clinical classification of...
Topics
- Antihypertensive Agents
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular
- Exercise Test
- Heart Failure
- Humans
- Hypertension, Pulmonary
- Phenotype
- Pulmonary Wedge Pressure
- Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
