• Diagnosis of PAH: What Are the Causes and Why Does It Take So Long?

  • Jun 23 2022
  • Length: 23 mins
  • Podcast

Diagnosis of PAH: What Are the Causes and Why Does It Take So Long?

  • Summary

  • Drs Vallerie McLaughlin and Paul Forfia discuss the diagnosis of PAH. What are the causes and why does it take so long?

    Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape.com (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/968546). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of advertiser. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.

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    Management of Coronary Artery Disease and Chronic Stable Angina https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/881468

    What Is Myocardial Ischemia? https://www.medscape.com/answers/352401-192899/what-is-myocardial-ischemia

    Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/297664-overview

    Group 4 Pulmonary Hypertension https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2500057-overview

    Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Connective Tissue Disorders: Pathophysiology and Treatment https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6405825

    Scleroderma https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/331864-overview

    Pulmonary Hypertension Phenotypes in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis https://err.ersjournals.com/content/30/161/210053.long

    Mixed Connective-Tissue Disease (MCTD) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/335815-overview

    Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/332244-overview

    Sjogren Syndrome https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/332125-overview

    Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Patients Infected With the Human Immunodeficiency Virus https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0733865121000679?via%3Dihub

    Portal Hypertension https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/182098-overview

    Liver Abnormalities in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8544777/

    Pulmonary Hypertension in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0733865121000692?via%3Dihub

    Atrial Septal Defect https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/162914-overview

    Anorexigens and Pulmonary Hypertension in the United States https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0012-3692(15)32749-5

    Methamphetamine and the Risk of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6880795/

    Echocardiography in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Comprehensive Evaluation and Technical Considerations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8348437/pdf/jcm-10-03229.pdf

    Echocardiography https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1820912-overview

    Echocardiography Can Identify Patients With Increased Pulmonary Vascular Resistance by Assessing Pressure Reflection in the Pulmonary Circulation https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circimaging.109.913467

    Pulmonary Resistance https://reference.medscape.com/calculator/189/pulmonary-resistance

    Right Heart Adaptation to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Physiology and Pathobiology https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109713058701?via%3Dihub

    RV Systolic Pressure (TR Jet) https://reference.medscape.com/calculator/200/rv-systolic-pressure-tr-jet

    Modified Bernoulli Formula https://reference.medscape.com/calculator/150/modified-bernoulli-equation

    Limitations and Strengths of Doppler/Echo Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure-Right Heart Catheterization Correlations: A Systematic Literature Review https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/echo.12594

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