Under pressure: pulmonary hypertension associated with left heart disease

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with left heart disease (PH-LHD) is the most common type of PH, but its natural history is not well understood. PH-LHD is diagnosed by right heart catheterisation with a mean pulmonary arterial pressure ≥25 mmHg and a pulmonary capillary wedge pressure >15 m...

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Main Authors: Harrison W. Farber, Simon Gibbs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2015-12-01
Series:European Respiratory Review
Online Access:http://err.ersjournals.com/content/24/138/665.full