Ozben Beste, Başaran Yelda
Marmara Universitesi Tip Fakültesi, Kardiyoloji Anabilim Dali, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Anadolu Kardiyol Derg. 2010 Aug;10 Suppl 1:27-35. doi: 10.5152/akd.2010.116.
It is essential to diagnose pulmonary arterial hypertension in early stages of the disease. However, most patients have late diagnosis due to the lack of disease-specific symptoms and prominent findings. Although cardiac catheterization is the gold standard in the diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension, noninvasive diagnostic modalities do also have major roles in the diagnosis, risk assessment and follow-up of the patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. The focus of the present review is the clinical role of echocardiography and other imaging modalities in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
在疾病早期诊断肺动脉高压至关重要。然而，由于缺乏疾病特异性症状和显著体征，大多数患者诊断较晚。尽管心脏导管检查是诊断肺动脉高压的金标准，但非侵入性诊断方法在肺动脉高压患者的诊断、风险评估和随访中也发挥着重要作用。本综述的重点是超声心动图和其他影像学检查方法在肺动脉高压中的临床作用。
