Is My Patient's Pulmonary Hypertension Left or Right? The Probe and the Catheter Come to Your Rescue

Session Format

Pre-Recorded

Session Type

Plenary Presentation

Topic Area

PH, PAH, CTEPH

Description

Group 2 pulmonary hypertension (PH) is the most common type of PH. Also known as PH due to left heart disease, it corresponds to elevation in pulmonary pressures through a retrograde pressure increase from left heart chambers and valve disease. Pulmonary manifestations of left heart disease accounts for a significant number of patients being evaluated for PH and dyspnea or unknown origin. Comprehensive echocardiographic and right heart catheterization assessment is frequently needed to adequately excude (or confirm) the presence of left heart-associated PH. Keypoints will be provided to get the most value from those two diagnostic tests.

Learning Objective 1

Identify the current echocardiographic criteria for assessment of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction/pulmonary venous hypertensive disease.

Learning Objective 2

Recognize the standard right heart catheterization pressure tracings and waveforms criteria that help differentiate between Group 1 and Group 2 PH.

Summary


Availability:	On-Demand


Cost:	FREE


Credit Offered:	1 CME Credit