Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8818903 | Archivos de Bronconeumología | 2018 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Pulmonary hypertension is a hemodynamic disorder defined by abnormally high pulmonary artery pressure that can occur in numerous diseases and clinical situations. The causes of pulmonary hypertension are classified into 5 major groups: arterial, due to left heart disease, due to lung disease and/or hypoxemia, chronic thromboembolic, with unclear and/or multifactorial mechanisms. This is a brief summary of the Guidelines on the Diagnostic and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension of the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery. These guidelines describe the current recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of the different pulmonary hypertension groups.
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Authors
Joan Albert Barberà , Antonio Román, Miguel Ángel Gómez-Sánchez, Isabel Blanco, Remedios Otero, Raquel López-Reyes, Isabel Otero, Gregorio Pérez-Peñate, Ernest Sala, Pilar Escribano,