Pulmonary Hypertension

Definition

Pulmonary Hypertension is defined by:

Diagnosed via:

Signs/Symptoms of PH:

Pathophysiology

Pathophysiology of Pulmonary Hypertension & Targets for Therapy (From Humbert et al, NEJM 2004)



Pulmonary vascular resistance varies with lung volumes and is minimized at FRC



Treatment

From Ivy et al, JACC 2013


From Jennifer Sedler, MD: (PDF version here)