Center for pulmonary hypertension, Chest Clinic at University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Int J Cardiol. 2011 Dec;154 Suppl 1:S3-12. doi: 10.1016/S0167-5273(11)70488-0.
The 2009 European Guidelines on Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension have been adopted for Germany. The guidelines contain detailed recommendations for the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension. However, the practical implementation of the European Guidelines in Germany requires the consideration of several country-specific issues and already existing novel data. This requires a detailed commentary to the guidelines, and in some aspects an update already appears necessary. In June 2010, a Consensus Conference organized by the PH working groups of the German Society of Cardiology (DGK), the German Society of Respiratory Medicine (DGP) and the German Society of Pediatric Cardiology (DGPK) was held in Cologne, Germany. This conference aimed to solve practical and controversial issues surrounding the implementation of the European Guidelines in Germany. To this end, a number of working groups was initiated, one of which was specifically dedicated to the non-invasive diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension. This manuscript describes in detail the results and recommendations of the working group which were last updated in October 2011.
2009 年欧洲肺动脉高压诊断和治疗指南已在德国被采纳。该指南包含了肺动脉高压诊断的详细建议。然而，在德国实施欧洲指南需要考虑一些特定于国家的问题和已经存在的新数据。这需要对指南进行详细的评论，在某些方面已经需要更新。2010 年 6 月，由德国心脏病学会（DGK）、德国呼吸学会（DGP）和德国儿科心脏病学会（DGPK）的 PH 工作组组织的共识会议在德国科隆举行。该会议旨在解决在德国实施欧洲指南时遇到的实际和有争议的问题。为此，启动了多个工作组，其中一个专门致力于肺动脉高压的无创诊断。本文详细描述了该工作组的结果和建议，这些建议已于 2011 年 10 月进行了最后更新。
