Diagnostics (Sep 2024)

Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension: New Insights

  • Despoina Ntiloudi,
  • Nearchos Kasinos,
  • Alkistis Kalesi,
  • Georgios Vagenakis,
  • Anastasios Theodosis-Georgilas,
  • Spyridon Rammos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14182052
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 18
p. 2052

Abstract

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Over the last decades, significant progress has been achieved in the pulmonary hypertension (PH) field. Pathophysiology of PH has been studied, leading to the classification of PH patients into five groups, while the hemodynamic definition has been recently revised. A diagnostic algorithm has been established and awareness has been raised in order to minimize diagnosis delay. The pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) treatment strategy includes the established three pathways of endothelin, nitric oxide-phosphodiesterase inhibitor, and prostacyclin pathway, but new therapeutic options are now being tested. The aim of this review is to summarize the existing practice and to highlight the novelties in the field of PH.

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