Haemodynamic definitions and updated clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension

Simonneau, Gérald; Montani, David; S. Celermajer, David; P. Denton, Christopher; Α. Gatzoulis, Michael; J. Krowka, Michael; Williams, Paul; Souza, Rogério

doi:10.1183/13993003.01913-2018

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Haemodynamic definitions and updated clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension

Published in European Respiratory Journal • Dec 13, 2018

Authors:

Gérald Simonneau

David Montani

David S. Celermajer

Abstract

Since the 1st World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension (WSPH) in 1973, pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been arbitrarily defined as mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) ≥25 mmHg at rest, measured by right heart catheterisation. Recent data from normal subjects has shown that normal mPAP was 14.0±...

Subject

Medicine

Pulmonary wedge pressure

Cardiology

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